Nursing homes have long been seen as grim and sterile, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve also been fatal. While elderly people and those with preexisting conditions are high-risk populations, ...
DALLAS -- Even in a wheelchair and with sweat pants and T-shirt, David Dillard didn't look like the other nursing home residents. He was 25 years their junior, and he seemed much more curious about ...
After long mimicking the hospitality industry’s grand lobbies and communal spaces, long-term care designers are shifting to a “less is more” strategy. “The pandemic highlighted that the same ...
Over 40 percent of American deaths attributed to COVID-19 have been nursing home residents. Outdated nursing home designs contributed to the scale of this tragedy in Connecticut. Many design changes ...
Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received a $270,418 grant from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue ...
Three ideas for designing nursing homes that help residents live, not just exist. Nursing home design is deadly. Here’s how to change it COVID-19 exposed the fatal flaws in eldercare. This Robot Will ...
In partnership with providers, a nursing home infection control peer coaching program has been been piloted and refined to facilitate its use amid competing facility priorities and staffing shortages.
How can we create the best possible surroundings for the elderly to live and enjoy their later years? This seems to be the core question behind the Wentworth Grange care home in the North of England.