Search Tag: nursing homes
Nursing-homes-lost-221k-jobs-after-covid-19
2021 12 Nov
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing over 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities, recently released a report detailing a labour crisis within the U.S. nursing home industry. The group analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics employment statistics from March 2020, when the first...Read more
Tre-ondate-dopo-cosa-ci-ha-insegnato-la-pandemia-sulle-health
2021 04 Nov
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So-not-your-regular-flu
2020 03 Aug
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit nursing homes around the world particularly hard. With the infection spreading among both staff and residents, the consequences have been horrible. A director of one such facility in the U.S., who has survived the disease herself, talks to HealthManagement.org about this devastating experience and the need to change...Read more
Value-oriented-management
2019 22 May
A leadership model for the health care sector In medical institutions, leaders are required to ensure, through delegation of responsibility, that working conditions are characterised by interdisciplinary thinking, team-oriented work and ongoing improvement. Leaders in the health sector must be aware of the fact that hospitals operate...Read more
New-care-model-targets-avoidable-hospitalisations-for-frail-elderly
2015 13 Jan
Researchers and clinicians at Indiana University (IU) and the Regenstrief Institute have developed a new model aimed at reducing unnecessary hospital transfers of frail elderly nursing home residents. The model addresses communication between staff members within and between nursing facilities and acute care centres. A study reporting on the first...Read more
Sharps-injury-risks-in-nursing-homes
2014 08 Nov
Background The everyday activities of workers in nursing homes put them at risk of serious infections with more than 30 potentially dangerous pathogens, including Hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), through injuries with contaminated needles and lancets. More than one million needle stick injuries (NSI)...Read more