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Home Healthcare Benefits for Nurses and Patients

Nurse.com

Rather than leaving the profession altogether, nurses should consider the benefits of home health care positions compared to working in the hospital environment. Home Healthcare Benefits for Nurses. Since the onset of the pandemic, nurse to patient ratios have drastically increased to dangerous levels.

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Canada’s New Long-Term Care Standards- Accountability & Risk Management on a Mission

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” 1] I do know however, that excellent care is being provided in many LTC homes, most of the time. Ontarians will see the building and creation of 30,000 new LTC beds by 2028.

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Pennsylvania Home Care Recipients Advocate for Better Access to Home Care

Hearts for Home Care

Since COVID shined a light on major drawbacks of congregate living facilities like nursing homes and institutions, it is not just the elderly population that are choosing to be cared for at home. This is great news for the hundreds of thousands of individuals and families who prefer to age at home rather than in a facility.