Nursing Homes
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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...

Functional status of elderly adults before and after initiation of dialysis.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether functional status before dialysis is maintained after the initiation of this therapy in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). METHODS: Using a national registry of patients undergoing dialysis, which ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nursing Homes'

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
• Loss of independence in patients starting dialysis at 80 years of age or older. 13 Oct 2009
• Dialysis in frail elders--a role for palliative care. 13 Oct 2009
• Functional status of elderly adults before and after initiation of dialysis. 13 Oct 2009
• The clinical course of advanced dementia. 13 Oct 2009
• Supporting culture change: working toward smarter state nursing home regulation. 29 Sep 2009
• Delirium in nursing home residents across care transitions: a preliminary report. 29 Sep 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
• [Pharmacotherapy in nursing homes] 8 Sep 2009
• [Use of the "Liverpool Care Pathway" in nursing homes] 31 Aug 2009
• Influenza in long-term care facilities: preventable, detectable, treatable. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of amine fluoride-stannous fluoride preparations on oral yeasts in the elderly: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Nursing Homes'

Definition: Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.

Descriptor UI: D009735

Alternative terms: Nursing Homes; Homes, Nursing; Home, Nursing; Nursing Home;

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

Tree Number: N02.278.825.610;

Technical Notes: nursing homes for the aged: coord IM with HOMES FOR THE AGED (IM); DF: NURS HOMES