James McMahon, David R Thompson, Jan Cameron, Christine Brown Wilson, Loreena Hill, Paul Tierney, Doris Yu, Debra K Moser, Karen Spilsbury, Nittaya Srisuk, Jos M G A Schols, Mariëlle van der Velden, Gary Mitchell
BACKGROUND: Heart failure has an estimated global prevalence of 64.3 million cases, with an average age of a person living with heart failure at 75.2 years. Approximately 20% of residents living in nursing homes (a long-term residential care environment for some individuals) report living with heart failure. Residents living with heart failure in nursing home environments are often frail, have reduced quality of life, higher rates of rehospitalisation and mortality, and greater complications in heart failure management...
June 2024: International journal of nursing studies advances