SynthesisEuropean geriatric medicine2020
COVID-19 highlights the need for universal adoption of standards of medical care for physicians in nursing homes in Europe.
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- COVID-19 highlights the need for universal adoption of standards of medical care for physicians in nursing homes in Europe.European geriatric medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Towards a typology of medical care in European long-term care homes.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Establishing primary care physician commitment in Canadian long-term care homes: a protocol for a modified e-Delphi study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Attitude and personality trait changes among nursing students and professionally active nurses working with older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Developing a list of core competencies for medical aspects of healthcare delivery in care homes: scoping review and Delphi process.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Self-isolation of an Italian long-term care facility during COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison study on care-related infectious episodes.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Article
- General practitioner care in nursing homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: a retrospective survey among nursing home managers.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- The Role of the Medical Director in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes: Impact of COVID-19.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Managing the Impact of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities: An Update.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- COVID-19 pandemic: Burdens on and consequences for nursing home staff.Journal of advanced nursing · 2022Article
- The interplay between infection risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 and mortality: a cross-sectional study from a cohort of long-term care nursing home residents.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Contacts with general practitioners, dentists, and medical specialists among nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study in 44 German nursing homes.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Comparing the Clinical Characteristics and Mortality of Residential and Non-Residential Older People with COVID-19: Retrospective Observational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Priorities for research during the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond: a survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the United Kingdom.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2021Article
- How quality improvement collaboratives work to improve healthcare in care homes: a realist evaluation.Age and ageing · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Colonization in Long-Term Care Facilities Around the World: A Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The experience of executing preventive measures to protect a nursing home in Taiwan from a COVID-19 outbreak.European geriatric medicine · 2021Article
- Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- COVID-19 as the sole cause of death is uncommon in frail home healthcare individuals: a population-based study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Unmet needs, health policies, and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from six European countries.European geriatric medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
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 failure to include care homes in the systematic planning of a response to COVID, as well as a measure of neglect of standards and quality improvement in the sector. In response, the EUGMS published a set of medical standards of care developed in consultation with experts across its member national societies in 2015. The standards consisted of seven core principles of medical care for physicians working in nursing homes as a first step in developing a programme of clinical, academic and policy engagement in improving medical care for older people who are living and frequently also dying as residents in nursing homes. The gravity of the concerns arising for nursing home care from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as emerging insights on care improvement in nursing homes indicate that an update of these medical standards is timely. This was performed by the writing group from the original 2015 guidelines and is intended as an interim measure pending a more formal review incorporating a systematic review of emerging literature and a Delphi process.
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