Purpose: This study describes the current state of stroke care and rehabilitation in facility-based long-term care (LTC).Method: LTC representatives, community partners (including physiotherapists and occupational therapists), stroke survivors, and family members were interviewed about stroke care ...
Recipients of the return home program (RHP) were admitted to a long-term care facility less frequently and later than other patients, suggesting that institutionalization is sometimes a consequence of inadequate or late home care. Implementing an integrated care program of healthcare and social care ...
Comprehensive stroke care and outcomes: time for a paradigm shift. Stroke. 2021;52:385–93. Article PubMed Google Scholar Luengo-Fernandez R, Li L, Silver L, Gutnikov S, Beddows NC, Rothwell PM. Long-term impact of urgent secondary prevention after transient ischemic attack and minor ...
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Distribution and utilization of home- and community-based long-term care services for the elderly in North Carolina. Provision of home- and community-based long-term care is a growing concern at the national, state, and local levels. As more persons grow old, the need for... RT Goins,G ...
The outcome measures were discharge home or long-term care facility and/or death within 45 days. Patients with prior statin use were more likely to be discharged home (1.67, CI 1.12-2.49), as were post stroke statin patients who had a more robust effect OR 2.63, CI 1.61-4.53). Patients...
Overall, the positive trends suggest concerted quality improvement initiatives can improve stroke care delivery and patient outcomes across diverse populations and locales, the authors say. Stroke remains the No. 5 cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States....
The prevalence of dysphagia in a long-term care facility Dysphagia was not associated with age; sex; inadequate nutritional intake; decubitus ulcers; length of time to be fed; weight status; use of antipsychotic... B Chedore,AL Kimberly 被引量: 2发表: 1997年 5PSQ-108Reducing errors of ora...
16 A study by Joundi et al17 demonstrated that patients that failed dysphagia assessment were at greater risk for developing pneumonia, ending up in a long-term care facility, or have severe disability. Screening therefore may prove beneficial to identify these high-risk patients and impr...
Long-term support of stroke patients living at home is often delivered by family caregivers (FC). We identified characteristics of stroke patients being associated with receiving care by a FC 3-months (3 M) after stroke, assessed positive and negative experiences and individual burden of FC c...