Many nurses are afraid of infecting the elderly in nursing homes
In a new and comprehensive survey, eight out of ten nurses say they are afraid of infecting the elderly in nursing homes with the Coronavirus….
Nursing homes
Proven corona infection in over half of the nursing homes in Oslo
Employees at 26 out of 46 nursing homes in Oslo municipality have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection. Seven residents have died. Oslo Municipality has tested…
13,000 violent incidents at Norwegian nursing homes last year
Aftenposten has examined 128,000 non-conformities in Norwegian nursing homes from last year. 13,000 of them are about violence, threats and exploitation. Nonconformities are recorded when…
Patients’ rooms in nursing homes are cooking in the summer heat
Many nursing homes lack air conditioning, and in some places it can reach up to 34 degrees inside of patient rooms, according to NRK. It…
Solberg wants to equalise nursing homes
Solberg wants to diminish disparities between nursing homes Prime Minister Erna Solberg is well underway with the election campaign. The Conservatives now wish to introduce…
Oslo shuns the cheapest bid for elderly care
Oslo disregards the cheapest bid for elderly care Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Labour Party (Ap), Hadia Tajik, denotes it as exemplary when the City…
NO BEDS: 1400 in Elder Limbo
A new survey reveals that 1420 Norwegian elderly citizens can’t enter nursing homes due to a lack of space. The Norwegian Directorate of Health…
Nurse charged with violence against woman in nursing home
A nursing home in Nordland has been charged with violence against a 90 year old woman who was living there. According to NRK news,…
Ap wants to let students stay cheap at nursing homes
Ap wants to let students stay cheap at nursing homes Labour suggests that students stay cheap at nursing homes in return for spending time with…
Twice as many elderly die in nursing homes rather than hospitals
Older people now spend a shorter time in hospitals than before, and twice as many die in a nursing home now, by comparison to the…
Nursing homes will not revoke the headscarf ban
The Discrimination Ombud believes that Blidensol nursing home in Stavanger is breaking the law by denying employees the opportunity to wear the hijab at work….
Study: Half in nursing homes die in agony
46 percent of patients in Norwegian nursing homes experience a painful death, but the symptoms they are experiencing are possible to treat, according to a…
Expensive for municipial authorities in Oslo to take over nursing homes
The municipality has to spend nearly 50 million more on care if they are to take over the running of the commercially-run nursing homes. It…