A systematic review of long‐term care facility characteristics associated with COVID‐19 outcomes

RT Konetzka, EM White, A Pralea… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background/Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has
taken a disproportionate toll on long‐term care facility residents and staff. Our objective was …

Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries

N Islam, VM Shkolnikov, RJ Acosta, I Klimkin, I Kawachi… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the direct and indirect effects of the covid-19 pandemic on mortality in
2020 in 29 high income countries with reliable and complete age and sex disaggregated …

A systematic review of the associations between care home ownership and COVID-19 outbreaks, infections and mortality

AM Bach-Mortensen, B Verboom, A Movsisyan… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Social care markets often rely on the for-profit sector to meet service demand. For-profit care
homes have been reported to suffer higher rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Evidence for action: Addressing systemic racism across long-term services and supports

TP Shippee, CD Fabius, S Fashaw-Walters… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term services and supports (LTSS), including care received at home and in residential
settings such as nursing homes, are highly racially segregated; Black, Indigenous, and …

Addressing systemic racism in nursing homes: a time for action

PD Sloane, R Yearby, RT Konetzka, Y Li… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Long-term services and supports for older persons in the United States are provided in a
complex, racially segregated system, with striking racial disparities in access, process, and …

Risk factors for COVID-19 deaths among elderly nursing home medicare beneficiaries in the prevaccine period

Y Lu, Y Jiao, DJ Graham, Y Wu, J Wang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background We evaluated prevaccine pandemic period COVID-19 death risk factors among
nursing home (NH) residents. Methods In a retrospective cohort study covering Medicare fee …

Interpreting COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents in the US: The changing role of facility quality over time

D Das Gupta, U Kelekar, SC Turner, AA Sule… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A report published last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
highlighted that COVID-19 case counts are more likely to be high in lower quality nursing …

Relationship between nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks and staff neighborhood characteristics

K Shen - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly deadly for residents of nursing homes and
other long-term care facilities. This paper analyzes COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes …

COVID-19 cases and death in nursing homes: the role of racial and ethnic composition of facilities and their communities

S Cai, D Yan, O Intrator - Journal of the American Medical Directors …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the extent to which the racial and ethnic composition of nursing
homes (NHs) and their communities affects the likelihood of COVID-19 cases and death in …

Staffing and protective equipment access mitigated COVID-19 penetration and spread in US nursing homes during the third surge

L Simoni-Wastila, A Wallem, SP Fleming, TT Le… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives During the last quarter of 2020—despite improved distribution of personal
protective equipment (PPE) and knowledge of COVID-19 management—nursing homes …