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...Pauline Courtois-Amiot; Hélène Allart; Castille de Cathelineau; Catherine Legué; Philippe Eischen; Fabienne Chetaille; Denise Lepineux; Agathe Raynaud-Simon; Manuel Sanchez Introduction: In nursing homes, where residents are at elevated risk for malnutrition, the specific additive effect...

... Introduction: Nursing homes for older adults have been hot spots for SARS-CoV-2 infections and mortality. Factors that facilitate COVID-19 outbreaks in these settings need to be assessed. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study of a cohort of residents and workers in nursing homes taking occasion...

...) for kibbutz members (a kibbutz is an Israeli collective community). Over half of the LTCFs (54%, n = 28) were nursing homes, 27% ( n = 14) assisted living facilities – most with nursing care units, and 19% ( n = 10) long-term geriatric hospitals. The number of units per institution ranged from 1 to 10...

... residents in 454 LTCFs in Israel, and 55,744 of them aged 65 years or older. Of those, 43,596 (78.21%) were eligible for the study (no positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test or death before the date of the first vaccine dose), with a mean age of 83.0 (±9.1) years. COVID-19 Elderly people Nursing homes...

... De Spiegeleer Background: Statins are progressively accepted as being associated with reduced mortality. However, few real-world statin studies have been conducted on statin use in older people and especially the most frail, that is, the nursing home residents. Objective: The aim of this study...

... of this study is to provide valid figures about the prevalence and risk factors of underweight of men and women in German nursing homes. Material and Methods: A secondary data analysis of 8 annual consecutive cross-sectional studies of 19,686 residents from 280 nursing homes was conducted from 2009 to 2016...

...Lee Friedman; Susan Avila; Daniel Friedman; Wendy Meltzer Background: Studies have demonstrated that measures of lower quality of care and associated adverse health effects are more prevalent in for-profit nursing homes compared to not-for-profit facilities. However, these studies omit persons who...

... with these conditions remains inconclusive. Objective: To determine the association of serum myostatin concentration with body composition, physical fitness, physical activity level, and frailty in long-term nursing home residents. We also aimed to ascertain the effect of an exercise program on myostatin levels...

...Ana A. Esteban-Burgos; Jamal El Mansouri-Yachou; Rafael Muñoz-Ramirez; Cesar Hueso-Montoro; Maria P. Garcia-Caro; Rafael Montoya-Juarez Background: Health status and the needs presented by people admitted to nursing homes make it necessary to contemplate aspects such as prognosis to offer quality...

... been explored. Objective: To describe the prevalence of observed emotional abuse, neglect, and physical abuse in Swiss nursing homes, to compare SCUs with non-SCUs concerning the frequency of observed emotional abuse, neglect, and physical abuse, and to explore how resident-related characteristics...

...Helena Grönstedt; Kerstin Frändin; Astrid Bergland; Jorunn L. Helbostad; Randi Granbo; Lis Puggaard; Mette Andresen; Karin Hellström Background: Nursing home residents are extremely inactive and deterioration in health and an increasing dependence in activities of daily living (ADL) are common...

... Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Key Words Wheelchairs Nursing homes Occupational therapy Elderly Mobility Prevalence Abstract Background: Wheelchairs are frequently prescribed for residents with mobility impairments in long-term care...

...Aram Dobalian; Maria Claver; Jacqueline J. Fickel Background: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita exposed significant flaws in US preparedness for catastrophic events and the nation’s capacity to respond to them. These flaws were especially evident in the affected disaster areas’ nursing homes, which house...

...D.J. Flournoy In vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities for 2,832 isolates from nursing home patients in Oklahoma (1992) were compiled retrospectively. An appreciable proportion of antimicrobial resistance was detected for ampicillin, sulfamethoxazole-trimetho-prim and ciprofloxacin among gram...

... or remote mycobacterial infections in elderly nursing home residents. In an attempt to clarify this issue, DTH reaction to purified protein derivative (PPD), tetanus toxoid and Candida albicans was compared with circulating thymus-derived lymphocyte (T cell) proliferation (TCP) to stimulation with PPD...

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...Stephen A. Margolis; Richard L. Reed Background: Little is known about the rate of institutionalization and health status of nursing home (NH) type patients living in the Middle East. This study was set in the Al-Ain Medical District, a geographically discrete region of the United Arab Emirates...

... by the municipalities. Objective: Since ageing and chronic diseases are risk factors for protein-energy malnutrition, we evaluated the nutritional status of all individuals in assisted accommodation, i.e., service flats (SF), old people’s homes (OPH), group living for the demented (GLD), and nursing homes (NH...