Tag Archives: Caregiving Issues
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Elderly Faring Better Than Expected With New Flu - June 3, 2009
June 2, 2009 By Anne Underwood Greg Wood/AFP An elderly passenger disembarks from an Australian cruise ship on Monday after an outbreak of AH1N1 flu. The epidemic has not taken the toll on seniors that many experts feared it might. Any new disease is cause for concern, especially when it’s potentially fatal. But the AH1N1 [...]
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Hospital staff too busy to wash hands says NHS chief - May 28, 2009
Published Date: 28 May 2009 Source: Edinburgh Evening News By Adam Morris A SENIOR Lothian health official has suggested some hospital staff are simply too busy to wash their hands. NHS Lothian Health Board vice-chairman Eddie Egan was speaking as it emerged that in certain departments, almost a quarter of staff are failing to wash [...]
