Assisted Living or Facility?

Assisted Living or Facility?

We are pleased to present the first issue of the Canadian Geriatrics Journal for 2014. This issue addresses a wide variety of issues, including medical education, the relationship between urinary tract infections and delirium, and an analysis of which patients are admitted to a facility versus assisted living. The role of assisted living in providing functional support for older adults is a gro...

Assisted Living Facility as a Home: Cases in Southwest Virginia

Transmission of HBV Among Assisted-Living–Facility Residents — Virginia, 2012

On June 29, 2012, the Rappahannock Area Health District in northwestern Virginia received a report of an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in an elderly resident of an assisted-living facility (ALF). The resident reported no risk factors for HBV infection except assisted monitoring of blood glucose (AMBG), which has been implicated in the transmission of HBV in ALFs and other long-term-ca...

Outbreak of Hepatitis B Virus Infections Associated with Assisted Monitoring of Blood Glucose in an Assisted Living Facility–Virginia, 2010

INTRODUCTION In January 2010, the Virginia Department of Health received reports of 2 hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections (1 acute, 1 chronic) among residents of a single assisted living facility (ALF). Both infected residents had diabetes and received assisted monitoring of blood glucose (AMBG) at the facility. An investigation was initiated in response. OBJECTIVE To determine the extent and ...

Effects of facility characteristics on departures from assisted living: results from a national study.

PURPOSE Assisted living is an increasingly important residential setting for the frail elderly person. How often and why residents leave such facilities are important issues for consumers, for clinicians advising frail patients on their options for living arrangements, and for policymakers. This research investigated the impact of facility and individual characteristics on residents' departures...