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Virtual Reality is transforming care for dementia patients in a Sussex nursing home
ST RAPHAEL’S in East Sussex is just one of a number of care homes that are now using virtual reality to transport residents into exciting alternative worlds. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Pensioner care crisis: Home visits could be 'a thing of the past' as nursing figures drop
Dr Peter Carter, past president of the Royal College of Nursing, said unless urgent action is taken the dramatically falling numbers of district nurses, signal the death knell for the service. He added that their vital services are not only essential but “cost effective” for keeping patients out of hospital and cutting a growing number […]
Pensioner care crisis: Home visits could be ‘a thing of the past’ as nursing figures drop
NURSING visits to patients in their own homes will become a thing of the past, experts predict after the release of figures that show their numbers have almost halved in the seven years. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Hidden camera shows nurses laughing as a 89-year-old man dies in nursing home
Screenshot via 11Alive/YouTube An 89-year-old World War II veteran in a nursing home called for help, saying he couldn’t breathe. A hidden camera shows nurses laughing during the incident. Two nurses lost their licenses and the family settled with the nursing home. ATLANTA (AP) — Two nurses lost their licenses after a television station persuaded […]
‘I am stressed out’: Toronto nursing home closures would be ‘traumatic’ and ‘catastrophic’ for families
Families of nursing home residents and seniors’ advocates are stressed after learning that some Toronto long-term care homes are thinking of leaving the city rather than rebuild to meet new provincial standards. CBC | Health News
Death count hits 10 at Florida nursing home, as state suspends license
Ten elderly people have now died at Florida nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma. The state suspended its license after finding “gross medical and criminal recklessness” in the care of its patients. The Hollywood Police Department announced the death of nursing home resident Martha Murray, 94 on Thursday. The state Agency for Health […]
Criminal investigation underway at Florida nursing home where 8 residents died after Hurricane Irma
REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) – Police obtained a search warrant on Thursday in their criminal investigation of the deaths of eight elderly patients exposed to sweltering heat inside a Miami-area nursing home that continued to operate with little or no air conditioning after Hurricane Irma struck. The loss of life at the nursing […]
Eight Dead In Florida Nursing Home
Eight people died at a Florida nursing home on Wednesday after the building lost power and temperatures soared in the wake of Hurricane Irma’s assault on the state. Police responded to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills early Wednesday and found “extremely hot” temperatures in the facility’s second floor, Hollywood Police Chief Tomas Sanchez said […]
Opioid antidote naloxone ‘impossible’ to find in Gatineau, says nursing prof
A Gatineau-based nursing professor says it’s proving “impossible” to find naloxone in the city — and across the rest of Quebec, too — and is calling on the provincial government to step up. CBC | Health News
