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ArticleHealthcare management forum2022

Is there a future for nursing homes in Canada?

Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong

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Article in Healthcare management forum, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Pat Armstrong7991York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5742-9375
Hugh ArmstrongCarleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The high rates of nursing home deaths in the wake of COVID-19 have led to calls for their elimination and their replacement by home care. Based on years of research in Canada and abroad, this article argues that nursing homes are not just necessary, they provide significant benefits for those living in, working in, and visiting in them. In developing this argument, the article begins by setting out why long-term residential care is necessary before moving on to consider the benefits of such care, benefits that go beyond the clinical. It concludes by identifying factors that can make nursing homes a positive option while helping to avoid pandemic horrors in the future.

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COVID-19HumansLong-Term CareNursing HomesPandemicsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34525857
PMCPMC8674800

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