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4 lip 2022 · Abstract. Older adults in nursing homes are at greatest risk of morbidity and mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nursing home residents constituted one-third to more than half of all deaths during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our study shows that GHs have significantly lower COVID-19 infection rates than traditional NHs and CCRC NHs, even after adjusting for age, gender, and ADL disability scores. This suggests that the CCRC NH care model may not be as effective at reducing COVID-19 infection as the GH model.
8 lut 2023 · The National Academies’ Report on the Quality of Nursing Home Care proposes sweeping changes to the way the United States funds, delivers, evaluates, and regulates nursing home care and underscores that there is an urgent need to take immediate steps to improve care.
Value-based payment models that meaningfully engage clinicians in both postacute care and long-term nursing home care should help nursing homes provide safe and appropriate care for patients recovering from COVID-19 and for other patients who require short-term or long-term nursing home care.
Abstract. Public health emergencies threaten the lives of U.S. citizens, often in disproportionate ways. Hardest hit are vulnerable populations of older adults (OAs) residing in nursing homes (NHs), who comprised nearly 43% of all deaths from COVID-19 in NHs in 2020.
This review used a well-defined search strategy to select qualitative and quantitative aspects of the effects and management of COVID-19 in nursing homes. However, we acknowledge certain methodological limitations.
These components include: increasing screening, building trusting relationships, improving patient engagement, promoting collaboration across care teams, undertaking symptom management, increasing family caregiver care/education, coordinating health and social services, and improving care continuity.
