Linking Incidents in Long-Term Care Facilities to Worker Activities

Medication Incidents Occurring in Long-Term Care

The Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) is a member owned expert provider of professional and general liability coverage and risk management support. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) is an independent national not-for-profit agency established for the collection and analysis of medication error reports and the development of recommendations for the ...

Barriers to providing palliative care in long-term care facilities.

OBJECTIVE To assess challenges in providing palliative care in long-term care (LTC) facilities from the perspective of medical directors. DESIGN Cross-sectional mailed survey. A questionnaire was developed, reviewed, pilot-tested, and sent to 450 medical directors representing 531 LTC facilities. Responses were rated on 2 different 5-point scales. Descriptive analyses were conducted on all re...

Current Status of Long-term Care in Taiwan: Transition of Long-term Care Plan From 1.0 to 2.0

Nutrition in long-term care facilities.

As at March 31, 2014, the regional health authorities (RHAs) administered 41 facilities with 2,788 long-term care beds available. Of these 41 facilities, 25 are publicly-operated long-term care facilities which provide residential care and accommodations to 2,390 long-term care residents who have high care needs and require on-site services. The remaining 398 long-term care residents are cared ...

Staff Burnout in Long-term Care Facilities

Background: A rapidly changing health and long-term care environment characterized by efficiency and cost-containment is resulting in changing roles and responsibilities among all levels of staff who work with seniors in long-term care facilities. More is being asked of all, and there are reports of health-care providers who are overworked, stressed-out and suffering from burnout. Little is kno...