Being able to live the life you want to live within a nursing home might be challenging for residents with dementia, as they become dependent on others in achieving autonomy. However, little is known about which factors support or impede… Continue Reading →

Year on year, the number of patients in the emergency departments from nursing homes continues to grow. It is necessary to provide tools to health care teams for these nursing homes, such as assistance in the prevention of decompensation of… Continue Reading →

Frailty is common in long-term care (LTC) and leads to decreased survival. Certain diagnoses (asthma, heart failure (HF)), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), depressive symptoms and chronic renal failure) are associated with frailty. (1) W.S. Barkema, G.A. Heckman, S.E. Slaughter,… Continue Reading →