Nursing Homes

Managing dementia complexities
Just adding nursing home staff won’t ensure quality dementia care

“Our findings highlight the fact that high-quality care involves not only increased staffing, but also specialized training in practices proven to be effective in managing the complexities of this condition, as well as providing a secure environment and maintaining staff consistency,” Mukamel says. “Further research is required to identify specific areas [...]

Most striking: Unpaid caregiving
Dementia takes a toll on finances and family

People with dementia often face a rapid rise in unpaid and paid home care, and major erosion of net worth plus increases in personal spending, researchers report.   Posted by Kara Gavin, University of Michigan A new study shows just how much damage dementia does to a person’s bank account—as [...]

Dementia justice matters
Reparations for Harms Experienced in Residential Aged Care

Kudos to Kate Swaffer and her co-author, Dr. Linda Steele, for this article recently published in Health and Human Rights Journal, a publication of Harvard University. Linda and Kate are Dementia Justice researchers. Deep-felt thanks for their tireless efforts to advance the human rights of people living with dementia. Linda [...]

Creating Community
Coronavirus shows how ageism is harmful to health of older adults

"The COVID-19 emergency has given us a chance to look again at the way Americans view and treat older people. ... Indeed, the World Health Organization acknowledges ageism as the last socially-accepted form of prejudice.  And this impacts the kind of care they receive and the health care outcomes they [...]

A Sense of Place
Preventing COVID-19 From Decimating Nursing Home Residents

"Without adequate training of personnel, appropriate equipment and rigorously enforced regulations, coronavirus outbreaks at nursing home facilities could become common." -  Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida; David Dosa, Brown University, and Lindsay J. Peterson, University of South Florida   At least 11 people have died from COVID-19 in New [...]

2020-03-29T02:05:19-05:00March 28th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on A Sense of Place
Preventing COVID-19 From Decimating Nursing Home Residents
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