the most common geriatric psychiatric disorder is depression, known to be a multi factorial disorder. however, the influence of common preventable factors is yet to be discovered. this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of depression and some possible risk factors in elderly residents of nursing homes in iran.data on demographic characteristics, nutritional and health status of 244 r...

conclusions this study suggested that treatment of constipation in the nursing home was unsatisfactory. to improve treatment outcomes in those susceptible to altered bowel function, a coordinated approach with involvement of physicians, nursing staff, and other professionals including dieticians and pharmacists seems necessary. results low bmi, increased fluid intake, liquid food intake, poor f...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether quality of care differed for veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes and those on contract in community nursing homes, and whether the VA was contracting with nursing homes providing better quality of care than other nursing homes. DESIGN Observational study using administrative databases from 1997 to 1999. SETTING Ten VA and 650 community...

Nursing homes represent a unique and important methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reservoir. Not only are strains imported from hospitals and the community, strains can be transported back into these settings from nursing homes. Since MRSA bacteria are prevalent in nursing homes and yet relatively poorly studied in this setting, a multicenter, regional assessment of the frequenc...

background: ethical issues are essential components in any piece of research. in fact, they ought to be considered during designing, planning and conducting each research study particularly among the vulnerable. the aim of this paper is to describe and explain some of the ethical issues and challenges faced by a researcher who carried out a research in three malaysian residential homes. materia...

International data suggest that for-profit nursing homes tend to provide lower quality than not-for-profit nursing homes. In Germany, the relationships between profit orientation, price and quality of nursing homes have not been investigated. We performed an observational study using secondary data from statutory quality audits of all nursing homes in Germany. The relationships were analyzed bi...

Two surveys of private nursing homes, designated geriatric wards, and a sample of social service part III homes were carried out in the Brighton Health District using questionnaires supplemented (in the second survey) by some interviews. The dependency of old people in the private nursing homes was more like that of long stay hospital patients rather than that of residents in social services ho...

Nursing home residents across the Unites States rely on quality care and effective services. Nursing homes provide skilled nurses and nursing aides who can provide services 24 hours a day for individuals that could not perform these tasks for themselves. Not-for-Profit (NFP) versus For-Profit (FP) nursing homes have been examined for utilization and efficacy, however, it has been shown that NFP...

OBJECTIVE Recerntly, the role of the healthcare network, defined as a set of hospitals linked by patient transfers, has been increasingly considered in the control of antimicrobial resistance. Here, we investigate the potential impact of nursing homes on the spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens across the healthcare network and its importance for control strategies. METHODS Based on pati...