Comparing quality of care outcomes between assisted living and nursing homes before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic

M Hoben, DB Hogan, JW Poss… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background While assisted living (AL) and nursing home (NHs) residents in share
vulnerabilities, AL provides fewer staffing resources and services. Research has largely …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between infection risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 and mortality: a cross-sectional study from a cohort of long-term care nursing home residents

L Soldevila, N Prat, MÀ Mas, M Massot, R Miralles… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Covid-19 pandemic has particularly affected older people living in Long-term
Care settings in terms of infection and mortality. Methods We carried out a cross-sectional …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in health service use for Canadian adults with dementia and Parkinson disease during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

SE Bronskill, LC Maclagan, CJ Maxwell… - JAMA Health …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Persons with dementia and Parkinson disease (PD) are vulnerable to
disruptions in health care and services. Objective To examine changes in health service use …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of long-term care home ownership and administration type on all-cause mortality from March to April 2020 in Madrid, Spain

MV Zunzunegui, M Rico, F Béland, FJ García-López - Epidemiologia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Our aim is to assess whether long-term care home (LTCH) ownership and administration
type were associated with all-cause mortality in 470 LTCHs in the Community of Madrid …

[HTML][HTML] General practitioner care in nursing homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: A retrospective survey among nursing home …

A Kühl, C Hering, WJ Herrmann, A Gangnus, R Kohl… - BMC Primary …, 2022 - Springer
Background Though evidence on the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in
nursing homes is vast, research focusing on general practitioners'(GP) care during the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploratory study of risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

H Janssens, S Heytens, E Meyers, B Devleesschauwer… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In a previous study in Belgian nursing homes (NH) during the first wave of the COVID-19
pandemic, we found a SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 17% with a large variability (0–45%) …

[HTML][HTML] Early Warning in Public Health: Integration of hospital with congregate care homes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

CK Chan, M Magaz, VR Williams, J Wong… - Canada …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the need
to improve the safety of the environments where we care for older adults in Canada. After …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on COVID-19 infection among nursing home residents

PP España, A Bilbao-Gonzalez, N Larrea… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is insufficient evidence regarding the magnitude and durability of the protection
conferred by the combined effect of natural immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection and …

Visits to the emergency department by community-dwelling people with dementia during the first 2 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: a repeated cross …

LC Maclagan, X Wang, A Emdin, A Jones… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Community-dwelling people with dementia have been affected by COVID-19
pandemic health risks and control measures that resulted in worsened access to health care …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term care home size association with COVID-19 infection and mortality in Catalonia in March and April 2020

MV Zunzunegui, F Béland, M Rico, FJG López - Epidemiologia, 2022 - mdpi.com
We aim to assess how COVID-19 infection and mortality varied according to facility size in
965 long-term care homes (LTCHs) in Catalonia during March and April 2020. We …