Recurrent COVID-19 Viral Shedding in a Nursing Home Resident

COVID-19 pandemic in the community-dwelling and Nursing home older adults in Iran

The epidemic of COVID-19 disease began in 2019 (January 10) in Wuhan, China, and quickly became a global problem. The rapid growth of this disease in Iran was from March 25, 2020, to April 15, 2020 (1). In addition to physical problems, the disease had many social, economic, and cultural consequences. The old people are one of the age groups that were less seen and more at risk. Iranian older ...

Being a Nursing Home Resident: A Challenge to One's Identity

Going into a nursing home can turn out to be a critical life experience if elderly people are afraid of losing their independence and identity after having moved into a nursing home. In order to find out what nursing home residents need in their first year after having moved into a nursing home to maintain their identity and self-determination, 20 problem-orientated interviews with residents of...

Recurrent Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of COVID-19 in a Young Athlete

A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide. Numerous studies have shown diverse findings on chest CT scan of the patients with COVID-19. The established well-known features of COVID-19 on chest imaging include bilateral multilobar ground-glass opaci...

Power mobility for a nursing home resident with dementia.

OBJECTIVE This case study describes an occupational therapy intervention to increase the self-mobility and social participation of a nursing home resident with dementia using a power wheelchair equipped with a collision-prevention system. METHOD We used an exploratory case study design. Data sources included the medical record, standardized assessments, interviews, observations of daily activ...

COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: The Problematic Management of Residents Without Positive COVID-19 RT-PCR