Homes for the Aged
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

The role of disability in explaining long-term care utilization.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: In view of aging populations, it is important to improve our understanding of the determination of long-term care (LTC) service use among the middle-aged and elderly population. We examined the likelihood of using 2 levels of LTC-homecare ... Read more...

[Oral hygiene in nursing home residents. Impact of an oral health education programme for the nursing personnel on the residents' oral health]

29 Sep 2009 Many studies have shown urgent need in improving oral health hygiene in nursing home residents. Deficits in the knowledge of the personnel in dental and oral hygiene are often cited as one of the causes. Therefore in the spring of 2007 the nursing ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Homes for the Aged'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• The role of disability in explaining long-term care utilization. 30 Oct 2009
• [Oral hygiene in nursing home residents. Impact of an oral health education programme for the nursing personnel on the residents' oral health] 29 Sep 2009
• [Repeated prevalence investigations of nursing home-associated infections as a tool to assess the hygienic quality of care] 29 Sep 2009
• [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes] 22 Sep 2009
• Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care? 13 Sep 2009
• Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care? 13 Sep 2009
• Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care? 13 Sep 2009
• Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care? 13 Sep 2009
• Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care? 13 Sep 2009
• [Nutritional therapy in elderly care--a forgotten perspective. A questionnaire study shows clear shortages in the care of the elderly] 30 Aug 2009
• [Seasonal entertainment, a different approach for entering an institution] 30 Aug 2009
• [The care, the nurses and the families in geriatrics] 30 Aug 2009
• Fun and games in the open air. 30 Aug 2009
• The effects of counseling spouse caregivers of people with Alzheimer disease taking donepezil and of country of residence on rates of admission to nursing homes and mortality. 30 Aug 2009
• Brief psychosocial therapy for the treatment of agitation in Alzheimer disease (the CALM-AD trial). 30 Aug 2009
• [The limits of expansion in the inpatient geriatric nursing area: estimates for the nursing market] 30 Aug 2009
• Nursing homes. Quality reflects leadership. 30 Aug 2009
• Nursing homes. More on quality of care. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a physiotherapy and occupational therapy intervention on mobility and activity in care home residents: a cluster randomised controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Homes for the Aged'

Definition: Geriatric long-term care facilities which provide supervision and assistance in activities of daily living with medical and nursing services when required.

Descriptor UI: D006707

Alternative terms: Homes for the Aged; Old Age Homes; Home, Old Age; Homes, Old Age; Old Age Home;

Related Mesh Headings: Housing for the Elderly;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.825.462;

Online Note: use HOMES FOR THE AGED to search OLD AGE HOMES 1966-67

History Note: 68; was OLD AGE HOMES 1963-67

Technical Notes: nursing homes for the aged: coord IM with NURSING HOMES (IM); check also tag AGED