Sentences with phrase «lower in long term care facilities»

Medication costs are lower in long term care facilities that have animals as part of the environment

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On May 31, two NDP MLAs weighed in on the layoffs at the Nanaimo Seniors Village and 450 more care aides turfed by Simpe Q Care Inc. at three long - term care facilities in the Lower Mainlcare aides turfed by Simpe Q Care Inc. at three long - term care facilities in the Lower MainlCare Inc. at three long - term care facilities in the Lower Mainlcare facilities in the Lower Mainland.

There was wide variation between facilities in completion of the form, with 20 percent having low completion (less than 10 percent of their long - term care residents) and 40 percent having high completion (more than 80 percent of their long - term care residents)

«The elderly living in long - term care facilities have higher influenza exposure risks, lower immune defenses and a much greater likelihood of flu - related death than the general population,» said lead author David A. Nace, M.D., M.P.H., director of long - term care and flu programs in Pitt's Division of Geriatric Medicine and chief medical officer for UPMC Senior Communities.

Those in long - term care facilities will receive cholesterol - lowering drugs as a routine unless family members make it very clear that they don't want them given — repeating the instruction every few months and checking the medication list to make sure their instructions are not forgotten.