Implementing COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures in long-term care settings

J Walker - Nursing Older People, 2022 - journals.rcni.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had far-reaching and significant
effects worldwide. Many of those identified as most vulnerable to the disease reside in long …

Compress the curve: a cross-sectional study of variations in COVID-19 infections across California nursing homes

R Gopal, X Han, N Yaraghi - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Nursing homes' residents and staff constitute the largest proportion of the fatalities
associated with COVID-19 epidemic. Although there is a significant variation in COVID-19 …

Nursing home design and COVID-19: balancing infection control, quality of life, and resilience

DC Anderson, T Grey, S Kennelly, D O'Neill - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many nursing home design models can have a negative impact on older people and these
flaws have been compounded by Coronavirus Disease 2019 and related infection control …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing and residential care facilities in Canada

J Clarke - 2021 - researchgate.net
In the last 10 years, there has been very little information collected nationally on residential
care facilities despite about 500,000 Canadians living in these settings (Statistics Canada …

Nursing home oversight during the COVID‐19 pandemic

DG Stevenson, AK Cheng - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background/objectives Regulatory oversight has been a central strategy to assure nursing
home quality of care for decades. In response to COVID‐19, traditional elements of oversight …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 infection prevention and control: preparedness checklist for long-term care facilities

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care (‎ LTC)‎ facilities can have devastating effects on the
health and well-being of residents, as they are vulnerable to serious infection due to their …

Surveillance of Infections and Antibiotic Use in 21 Nursing Home Wards during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Assessment

IH Sandbekken, Å Hermansen, EK Grov, I Utne… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Residents in nursing homes are fragile and at high risk of serious illness or death from
healthcare-associated infections. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk of …

The experience of executing preventive measures to protect a nursing home in Taiwan from a COVID-19 outbreak

CY Huang, YH Kuo, ST Chuang, HR Yen… - European Geriatric …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose We share our strategies for preventing the COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home in
Taiwan. Methods We compared the number of outpatient department visits, the days of …

[HTML][HTML] Staffing patterns in US nursing homes during COVID-19 outbreaks

K Shen, BE McGarry, DC Grabowski, J Gruber… - JAMA Health …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Staff absences and departures at nursing homes may put residents at risk and
present operational challenges. Objective To quantify changes in nursing home facility …

Rising to the occasion: a national nursing home study documenting attempts to address social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic

KL Lapane, E Lim, DS Mack, JL Hargraves… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives COVID-19–related policies introduced extraordinary social disruption in nursing
homes. In response, nursing facilities implemented strategies to alleviate their residents' …