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Using telehealth groups to combat loneliness in older adults through COVID-19

The letter briefs about the effectiveness of telehealth groups to combat loneliness in older adults through COVID-19. Few group interventions have been developed and validated to help alleviate loneliness in older adults. One psychosocial intervention tha...

Trends in Mortality Rates Among Medicare Enrollees With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Before and During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered the delivery of health care in the United States. The associations between these COVID-19-related changes and outcomes in vulnerable patients, such as among persons with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (...

Stressors, job resources, fear of contagion, and secondary traumatic stress among nursing home workers in face of the COVID-19: The case of Spain

This study aimed to analyze the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing home workers, as well as the influence of certain related stressors and job resources. Two-hundred twenty-eight nursing home workers in Spain participated in th...

Separate and Unequal: A Time to Reimagine Dementia

The rapid emergence of COVID-19 has had far-reaching effects across all sectors of health and social care, but none more so than for residential long-term care homes. Mortality rates of older people with dementia in residential long-term care homes have b...

Outbreak of COVID-19 at three nursing homes in Bergen

BACKGROUND: Nursing home residents are generally old and frail, and at high risk that COVID-19 will take a serious course. Outbreaks of COVID-19 have not previously been described in Norway, and it is important to identify mechanisms for spread of the inf...

Older people and COVID-19: Isolation, risk and ageism

Nursing homes or abandoned castles: COVID-19 in Italy

In May 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19, we described Italian retirement homes (particularly in northern Italy) as besieged castles. 1  These homes were in difficult times with no visitors allowed and a very high number of deaths, but overall they ...

Is There a Link between Nursing Home Reported Quality and COVID-19 Cases? Evidence from California Skilled Nursing Facilities

OBJECTIVES: During the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States, nursing homes became the hotbed for the spread of COVID-19. States developed different policies to mitigate the COVID-19 risks at nursing homes, including limiting n...

Importance of Flow for Lonely Nursing Home Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

High depression and anxiety in people with Alzheimer's disease living in retirement homes during the covid-19 crisis

To cope with Covid-19 and limits its spread among residents, retirement homes have prohibited physical contact between residents and families and friend and, in some cases, even between residents or between residents and caregivers. We investigated the ef...

Family members' concerns about relatives in long-term care facilities: Acceptance of visiting restriction policy amid the COVID-19 pandemic

AIM: The policy enforcing visiting restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic may cause feelings of social isolation among residents in long-term care facilities. This study aimed to explore family members' concerns for their relatives during the lockdown p...

Experiences of geriatric nurses in nursing home settings across four countries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

To explore the emotional impact and experiences of geriatric nurses working in nursing homes and caring for patients with coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19).|This is a qualitative study with phenomenological method and data were gathered through in-depth...

Excess deaths from COVID-19 correlate with age and socio-economic status. A database study in the Stockholm region

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire health care system, internationally as well as in Sweden. We aimed to study excess deaths (all death causes, but also COVID-19-related deaths) during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding age, socio-econ...

Elder abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: A cross-sectional exploratory study

Elder abuse is a global public health and human rights problem that is predicted to increase as many countries experience a rapid growth in their population of older adults. Elder abuse undermines an older person's well-being and is associated with a rang...

Dying From COVID-19: Loneliness, End-of-Life Discussions, and Support for Patients and Their Families in Nursing Homes and Hospitals. A National Register Study

CONTEXT: Preparation for an impending death through end-of-life (EOL) discussions and human presence when a person is dying is important for both patients and families., OBJECTIVES: The aim was to study whether EOL discussions were offered and to what deg...

COVID-19 highlights the need for universal adoption of standards of medical care for physicians in nursing homes in Europe

The nursing home sector has seen a disproportionately high number of deaths as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. This reflects, in part, the frailty and vulnerability of older people living in care homes but has also, in part, been a consequence of the failu...

COVID-19 and the consequences of isolating the elderly

COVID-19 and mental health among older people in Sweden

In summary, ageism in Sweden, and the special rules applied to otherwise healthy seniors leading to stigma for older people, may increase the risk of mental health problems among previously healthy older people. This is reflected by the increasing number ...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in French Nursing Homes That Implemented Staff Confinement With Residents

Importance: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major threat to nursing homes. During the COVID-19 pandemic wave that hit France in March and April 2020, staff members of some French nursing homes decided to confine themselves with their residents on...

Coping With Trauma, Celebrating Life: Reinventing Patient And Staff Support During The COVID-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to the New York City Health + Hospitals system. In addition to ramping up capacity and adapting operations quickly to handle the patient surge, NYC Health + Hospitals had ...