Norwegian Directorate of Health: Infection in nursing homes is increasing
45% of Norwegian municipalities report that the situation in nursing homes and care homes is challenging. The number of infection cases is now increasing at…
Nursing homes
Norwegian researchers: More full-time employees provide better infection control in nursing homes
If one is to succeed in limiting coronavirus in nursing homes, more people must be employed in full-time positions. That is the conclusion of a…
Norway’s Health Minister: From next week, people will be allowed to hug in nursing homes again
The Norwegian government’s advice for nursing home visits will change from next week in nursing homes where the residents have been vaccinated. “It will be…
Oslo to start vaccination at nursing homes on Monday
On Monday, December 28, the first nursing home residents in Oslo will receive a corona vaccine, the municipality announced on Christmas Eve. “We are ready…
Around 400 nursing home residents in Oslo to be vaccinated between Christmas and New Year
Five nursing homes in Oslo have been selected for corona vaccinations between Christmas and New Year. The first doses will probably be given on Monday….
Nursing homes in Oslo are preparing to start corona vaccinations of the elderly
When the COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Norway, the nursing homes will be ready to start the vaccination, the Nursing Homes Agency in Oslo promises. “We…
Oslo Municipality asks residents of nursing homes not to go home for Christmas
Oslo Municipality asks residents of nursing homes not to go home at Christmas, out of consideration for their own risk of infection and the risk…
Majority in Norwegian parliament against placing young people in nursing homes: “It must be banned”
The practice of placing young people in institutions for the elderly against their will has become common in several municipalities. Now, more politicians want to…
Two weeks without corona outbreaks at health facilities
The last announced outbreak of the Corona virus at a health facility in Norway was at the beginning of July. In week 27, there was…
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….
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….
