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Deaths in nursing homes.
OBJECTIVE To define the causes of death in a nursing home population. METHODS The study selected a 508-bed nursing home with standard medical records, regular meetings concerning death certificates and 12 medical doctors in charge of supervising or issuing death certificates. The procedure standard (2006 death certificates) was considered consistent enough to undergo the analysis. The collect...
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BACKGROUND Influenza-associated deaths is an important risk for the elderly in nursing homes (NHs) worldwide. Vaccination coverage among residents is high but poorly effective due to immunosenescence. Hence, vaccination of personnel is an efficient way to protect residents. Our objective was to quantify the seasonal influenza vaccination (IV) coverage among NH for elderly workers and identify i...
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oiR,'?lour corespondent K. JL. H. inquires why hospital routine, oft;n galling in the extreme, must be " slavishly imitated" by the authorities of nursing homes. I should be glad to know why another great fault of our hospitals is repeated in nursing homes. I refer to the underfeeding of the nursing staff. It is, I believe, a generally accepted fact that few, if any, nurses have sufficient to e...
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to measure the level of lighting in nursing homes in a variety of areas to determine its adequacy in meeting the visual needs of elderly residents. DESIGN Observational study PARTICIPANTS Eight nursing homes cooperating in an intervention study designed to prevent accidental falls. MEASUREMENTS The amount of light was measured in eight nursing ho...
متن کاملMoral distress in nursing personnel.
OBJECTIVE to analyze the frequency and intensity of moral distress experienced by nursing personnel in southern Brazil, covering elements of their professional practice. METHOD a survey was undertaken in two hospitals in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with 247 nurses. Data was collected by means of the adapted Moral Distress Scale. RESULTS the perception of situations that lead to moral distres...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports (1896-1970)
سال: 1963
ISSN: 0094-6214
DOI: 10.2307/4592009