Deadly Staph infections have been around for years and little has been done to reduce these infections. About 20 years ago I was the caretaker of a wonderful woman who quickly developed a staph infection in the nursing home or hospital, and died a horrible death. Two months ago my sister who was in a nursing home was hospitalized, and shortly after died from staph infection also. It's estimated that 100,000 Americans die each year of this infection. Our health care sytem is broken. I can't see why our nation, and the scientific community can't tackle this very serious problem. Put pressure on our govenment to move on critical health issue.
Iris
Deadly Staph infections have been around for years and little has been done to reduce these infections. About 20 years ago I was the caretaker of a wonderful woman who quickly developed a staph infection in the nursing home or hospital, and died a horrible death. Two months ago my sister who was in a nursing home was hospitalized, and shortly after died from staph infection also. It's estimated that 100,000 Americans die each year of this infection. Our health care sytem is broken. I can't see why our nation, and the scientific community can't tackle this very serious problem. Put pressure on our govenment to move on critical health issue.
Iris
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Thanks Carol. I can see this one is going to be one of those issues that takes ALOT of balance.
I think one of the most important things you write about in the post is the fact that these individuals are living in their homes. They are not necessarily patients. I wonder if the people who work in these facilties would agree.
I guess more education on infectious disease would help - maybe even stricter standards with JCAHO.
All the best, sueYes, Sue. That's the big issue. This is their home. However, it is still a group home. So finding a balance is going to be the challenge. Still, turning a nursing home into a hospital goes against the grain when it comes to all of the progress of making them more like homes. We'll all watch this one develop.
Best,
Carol
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It's mainly a matter of controlling the infection and determining the risk in a nursing home. This will take time and each nursing home (along with inspections) will determine the approach.
Now, with N1H! flu as well as the regular flu seasson, I can see there will likely be a more "hospital" like approach to infection, as there always is during flu season. They have to stop the spread if they can, or the whole facility will be contaminated. Any communal living center will have to have some hospital like controls in order to keep people safe.
The question is, of course, how far do you go to keep the nursing home feeling like a real home and not a hospital, yet control infection. It's still a question that will take much study and I believe that there will be conflicting information for a long time.
Thanks for the comment.
Carol