Deaths as a result of resident-to-resident altercations in dementia in long-term care homes: A need for research, policy, and prevention

E Caspi - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2016 - jamda.com
… One study examined 1296 deaths due to external causes in nursing homes in Victoria,
Australia (deaths reported to the Coroners Court). The study found that 7 (0.5%) of these deaths

The circumstances surrounding the death of 105 elders as a result of resident-to-resident incidents in dementia in long-term care homes

E Caspi - Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… to the death of 105 residents took place in LTC homes. The termlong-term care home” used
in this article consists primarily of nursing homes and assisted living residences (ALR). Two …

For-profit long-term care homes and the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and resident deaths

NM Stall, A Jones, KA Brown, PA Rochon, AP Costa - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
… of COVID-19 in LTC homes and the number of resident deaths, but not the likelihood of
outbreaks. Differences between for-profit and nonprofit homes are largely explained by older …

Living in uncertain times: trajectories to death in residential care homes

S Barclay, K Froggatt, C Crang, E Mathie… - British Journal of …, 2014 - bjgp.org
residential care home residents’ trajectories to death and … may be appropriate for some
care home residents, they are not … avoided if care is to be genuinely patient- or resident-centred. …

Risk factors associated with mortality among residents with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada

DN Fisman, I Bogoch, L Lapointe-Shaw… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
… workers who provide essential services to them. We sought to evaluate the risk of death
among residents of LTC facilities and to identify risk factors associated with mortality using data …

Awareness of impending death for residents of longterm care facilities

B Cable‐Williams, D Wilson - … journal of older people nursing, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… use or the effect of the utilisation of mortality prediction scales in nursing homes. Instead,
quality of care in LTC facilities has been the subject of considerable concern, even though LTC …

Death is part of the job” in long-term care homes: Supporting direct care staff with their grief and bereavement

J Marcella, ML Kelley - Sage Open, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
… workers (PSWs; also known as health care aides or nursing assistants) who work directly
with residents in long-term care (LTC) homes, death, dying, and grief are usual experiences in …

Dying and death within the culture of longterm care facilities in Canada

B Cable‐Williams, DM Wilson - … Journal of Older People Nursing, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… when the butterfly finally goes up (a symbol posted on a resident's door to indicate that
death is imminent) I think they get everything they need, but it could have been picked up days …

Factors promoting resident deaths at aged care facilities in J apan: a review

K Sugimoto, Y Ogata… - Health & Social Care in the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… -of-life care and the proportion of aged care facility deaths is … that promote aged care facility
resident deaths in Japan from … factors associated with increased resident deaths. To achieve …

COVID-19 excess mortality among long-term care residents in Ontario, Canada

N Akhtar-Danesh, A Baumann, M Crea-Arsenio… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… We found the crude mortality rates … in mortality among residents with a positive COVID-19
test. The significant differences in excess mortality observed in relation to long-term care home