Long-Term Care

11/01/2017 - "In Spain, the results indicated that initially the most suitable placement to take care of people with dementia was the home, however in cases with higher dependency in activities of daily living, the long-term care setting was the best option. "
07/01/2012 - "Nonpharmacological therapies are often recommended as a first-line treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia in long term care (LTC); however, little is known about which nonpharmacological interventions are most effective for NPS in LTC or the feasibility of interventions, given the availability of resources in typical LTC environments. "
11/14/2018 - "No proven effective interventions on quality of life (QoL) are available for persons with dementia in a long-term care facility (LTCF). "
01/01/2022 - "Community aging care centers, based on the long-term care Act 2.0 in Taiwan, were effective in delaying the decline in global function in people living with dementia."
01/01/2021 - "The objective of this study is to fill an evidence gap on whether the 2015 Dutch long-term care reforms were effective in increasing deaths at home while avoiding increases in hospital deaths for the total population aged ≥65 years and by dementia status. "

01/01/2022 - "Residents of long-term care facilities face significantly greater risk of contracting or dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). "
01/01/2023 - "Data available during the sentinel period improved representativeness for age, death from COVID-19, outbreak association, long-term care facility-affiliated status, and geographic coverage; timeliness of data availability and captured viral diversity also improved. "
01/01/2023 - "Efficacy of COVID-19 control measures on post-vaccination outbreak in Italian Long Term Care Facilities: implications for policies."
11/17/2022 - "Who Helped Long-Term Care Facilities and Who Did Not During COVID-19? "
01/01/2022 - "Humanoid robot interventions hold promise for reducing loneliness and decreasing barriers to social interaction in long-term care settings, such as the current COVID-19 safety measures in many countries, limited mobility, and poor health. "

01/01/2015 - "[Conclusion] The result of this study indicated that the long-term care prevention project is effective in maintaining or improving muscular strength and mitigating pain in the elderly and that it is an effective program for maintaining daily life activities. "
01/01/1999 - "Recent efforts to institutionalize improved pain management practices, through assessment procedures and defined pain management policies, standards and education programming, is a promising venue for systemically improving pain treatment in long-term care settings."
01/01/2022 - "Management of Chronic Pain in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis."
10/01/2018 - "However, persistent, noncancer pain may not have been properly addressed due to insufficient attention to research that exists to support the utilization and efficacy of nonpharmacological intervention(s) for elders in long-term care facilities. "
10/01/2018 - "Elders residing in long-term care facilities experience ongoing moderate to severe pain, relief from and increased comfort remain relevant healthcare concerns. "

01/01/2009 - " visit the Medical Advisory Secretariat Web site, http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/mas/tech/tech_mn.html to review these titles that are currently available within the Pressure Ulcers series.PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION: an evidence based analysisThe cost-effectiveness of prevention strategies for pressure ulcers in long-term care homes in Ontario: projections of the Ontario Pressure Ulcer Model (field evaluation)MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PRESSURE ULCERS: an evidence-based analysis (anticipated pubicstion date - mid-2009) PURPOSE: A pressure ulcer, also known as a pressure sore, decubitus ulcer, or bedsore, is defined as a localized injury to the skin/and or underlying tissue occurring most often over a bony prominence and caused by pressure, shear, or friction, alone or in combination. "
11/01/1994 - "3. Strategies that are effective in reducing both the development and severity of pressure ulcers can be successfully implemented in long-term care settings. "
01/01/2018 - "Cost per QALY was lower in residents residing in home compared to long-term care facilities, and HEN appeared to be cost-effective for those with pressure ulcers. "
03/01/1996 - "The use of aggressive preventive measures in the long-term care setting is effective in reducing pressure ulcers and requires a relatively low level of institutional expenditures."
01/01/2021 - "This study explores the hypothesis that frequent skin-exposing body care activities are protective against pressure injuries in residents of long-term care facilities. "

02/01/2016 - "To describe hand-hygiene practices in pediatric long-term care (pLTC) facilities and to identify observed barriers to, and potential solutions for, improved infection prevention. "
10/01/2007 - "OBJECTIVES AND SETTINGS: The authors had for aim to study the incidence of symptomatic urinary infections (SUTI) in elderly patients, to describe their clinical and microbiologic characteristics and first-line treatment in a geriatric hospital with 902 beds: 124 in acute care (ACF), 293 in rehabilitation and intermediate-care (RICF), and 485 in long-term-care-facilities (LTCF). "
01/01/2022 - "In Canada, its poorly regulated services of long-term care facilities, initial restriction of testing and lack of access to epidemiological data have helped spread the infection and increased casualties in vulnerable populations. "
11/01/2021 - "However, the risk of infection is not eliminated, highlighting the ongoing need for non-pharmaceutical interventions to prevent transmission in long-term care facilities. "
09/01/2023 - "Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection was examined in 750 vaccinated residents of long-term care and retirement homes in the observational cohort COVID in Long-Term Care Study in Ontario, Canada, within a 75-day period (July to September 2022). "