scholarly journals A Stage Set for Disaster: For-Profit Nursing Homes, Federal Law, and COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Papke
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
For Profit

This article exposes the tragic relationship between for-profit nursing homes and the spread of COVID-19 in those facilities. For-profit nursing homes came to dominate nursing-home care in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. However, for-profit nursing homes on average provided care which was inferior to the care provided in state-run and nonprofit nursing homes. Congress attempted to address the problems in nursing homes in the final decades of the twentieth century, but massive statutes and abundant regulations served mostly to legitimize for-profit nursing homes. COVID-19 then underscored the flaws in the legally sanctioned, for-profit nursing homes, as thousands died within the problematic institution’s walls.

The High Price of Obesity in Nursing Homes

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy L. Marihart ◽  
Ardith R. Brunt ◽  
Angela A. Geraci
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
High Price ◽  
Obese Adults ◽  
Obese People

This article provides a commentary on the costs of obese nursing home patients. We conducted a comprehensive literature search, which found 46 relevant articles on obesity in older adults and effects on nursing home facilities. This review indicated obesity is increasing globally for all age groups and older adults are facing increased challenges with chronic diseases associated with obesity more than ever before. With medical advances comes greater life expectancy, but obese adults often experience more disabilities, which require nursing home care. In the United States, the prevalence of obesity in adults aged 60 years and older increased from 9.9 million (23.6%) to 22.2 million (37.0%) in 2010. Obese older adults are twice as likely to be admitted to a nursing home. Many obese adults have comorbidities such as Type 2 diabetes; patients with diabetes incurred 1 in every 4 nursing home days. Besides the costs of early entrance into nursing facilities, caring for obese residents is different than caring for nonobese residents. Obese residents have more care needs for additional equipment, supplies, and staff costs. Unlike emergency rooms and hospitals, nursing homes do not have federal requirements that require them to serve all patients. Currently, some nursing homes are not prepared to deal with very obese patients. This is a public health concern because there are more obese people than ever in history before and the future appears to have even a heavier generation moving forward. Policymakers need to become aware of this serious gap in nursing home care.

An Estimation of the Impact of OBRA-87 on Nursing Home Care in the United States

1992 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 781-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Avellone Eichmann ◽  
Brian P. Griffin ◽  
John S. Lyons ◽  
Sanford Finkel ◽  
David B. Larson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
The Impact

Nursing-Home Care in the United States

1982 ◽  
Vol 307 (14) ◽  
pp. 883-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Rango
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Home Care

scholarly journals Person-centered nursing home care in the United States, United Kingdom, and Sweden: Why building cross-comparative capacity may help us radically rethink nursing home care and the role of the RN

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten N Corazzini ◽  
Julienne Meyer ◽  
Katherine S McGilton ◽  
Kezia Scales ◽  
Eleanor S McConnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Home Care

scholarly journals Obesity and Nursing Home Care in the United States: A Systematic Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. e196-e206 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Alexander Harris ◽  
Nicholas George Castle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Home Care

scholarly journals The ideals of group living homes for people with dementia: do they practice what they preach?

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1526-1527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selma te Boekhorst ◽  
Marja F.I.A. Depla ◽  
Anne Margriet Pot ◽  
Jacomine de Lange ◽  
Jan A. Eefsting
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
People With Dementia

In the Netherlands, as well as in other countries, nursing home care has been traditionally modeled on hospital care. However, in the last decades of the twentieth century, realization grew that, unlike hospitals, nursing homes needed to serve as literal homes to people. As a consequence, the concept of group living homes for older people with dementia has taken root.

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