by University of Missouri Kimberly Powell. Credit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing The COVID-19 pandemic caused nursing homes to rapidly change their policies overnight. Telehealth was instantly adopted widely in an effort to reduce stress on the health care system by keeping residents safe and avoiding unnecessary transfers to already-overwhelmed hospitals. A new study at...
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Nursing homes may misinterpret mental changes, falls as infection
SOCIETY FOR HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AMERICA NEW YORK (Dec. 9, 2020) — There is a widespread belief that a change in the mental status or an increase in falls in a nursing home resident may indicate an underlying infection. This contributes to the overuse of antibiotics, according to revised clinical guidance by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology...