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Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
(2022) Keywords: COVID-19 long-term care facilities Abstract: In April 2020, Belgium experienced high numbers of fatal COVID-19 cases among nursing home (NH) residents. In response, a mass testing campaign ...
Urinary tract infections in nursing home residents: Understanding the epidemiology and the clinical diagnosis and management
Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Katrien Latour; Jan De Lepeleire; Frank Buntinx; Boudewijn Catry Source: KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, p.168 (2023) ISBN: 9789075828382 Keywords: long-term care ...
COVID-19 Clusters in Belgian Nursing Homes: Impact of Facility Characteristics and Vaccination on Cluster Occurrence, Duration and Severity
long-term care facilities SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Abstract: COVID-19 severely affected nursing home residents from March 2020 onwards in Belgium. This study aimed to model the impact of vaccination and ...
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Belgian nursing home residents and staff during the primary COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
Anja Coen; Nele De Clercq; Laëtitia Buret; Coenen, Samuel; An De Sutter; Beatrice Scholtes; Jan Y Verbakel; Piet Cools; Stefan Heytens Source: Eur J Gen Pract (2022) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Nursing home ...
Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study
Long-term care; Point-of-care testing; Urinary tract infections Abstract: Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI s) are one of the most common infections in nursing homes (NH s). A high error rate of a UTI ...
Healthcare-associated infections in home healthcare: an extensive assessment, 2019.
Health Care Hand hygiene Home Care Services Humans Abstract: IntroductionThe number of patients and clinical conditions treated in home healthcare (HHC) is increasing. Care in home settings presents many ...
Predictors of nursing-home entry for elders in Belgium
care services is expected to rise during the coming years. For a better planning of health care resources policy makers have to be aware of risk factors associated to nursing home entry (NHE). The ...
Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
care in a care home increased from 12% to 26% (p < 0.001) and of a palliative homecare team from 14% to 17.5% (p < 0.01), but hospital-based palliative care services did not increase. Controlling ...
Final transitions to place of death: patients and families wishes.
least one transition between care settings in the final 3 months of life. ‘Hospital death from home’ (25-55%) and ‘home death from hospital’ (16-30%) were the most frequent types of final transitions in ...
Hospitalisations at the end of life in four European countries: a population-based study via epidemiological surveillance networks.
Spain: 14-31%). Hospitalisations in the last week of life were more likely if patients resided at home rather than in a care home (OR s and 95% CI s Belgium: 1.94 (1.28 to 2.94); the Netherlands: 2.61 ...