Vaccination in Residential Facilities

Medication charts in residential aged-care facilities.

Pain management in residential aged care facilities.

BACKGROUND Persistent pain is prevalent in aged care facilities and there are a number of barriers that make effective pain management more difficult to achieve in this setting. OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to provide an evidence-based approach to assessment and management of pain experienced by residents of aged care facilities. DISCUSSION Barriers to effective pain management in r...

Pandemic influenza plans in residential care facilities.

OBJECTIVES To identify characteristics of residential care facilities (RCFs) associated with having a pandemic influenza plan. DESIGN Nationally representative, cross-sectional survey. SETTING RCFs in the United States. PARTICIPANTS Participating facilities in the 2010 National Survey of RCFs (N = 2,294), representing 31,030 assisted living facilities and personal care homes. MEASUREMEN...

Protecting residential care facilities from pandemic influenza.

It is widely believed that protecting health care facilities against outbreaks of pandemic influenza requires pharmaceutical resources such as antivirals and vaccines. However, early in a pandemic, vaccines will not likely be available and antivirals will probably be of limited supply. The containment of pandemic influenza within acute-care hospitals anywhere is problematic because of open conn...

Palliative care in residential care facilities: a brief review.