Nursing Homes with Patients with Respiratory Disorders

Abstract

In the past few decades, interest in the prevalence of pneumonia in nursing homes has been increasing because of its severity and mortality. In addition, research has shown that respiratory tract infections are more common in nursing homes. This issue includes three studies on respiratory diseases among nursing home residents: Many studies examined pneumonia, and described the prevalence of serious respiratory infections in two older homes. This present study evaluates the scenario of respiratory diseases or disorder in the selected hospitals, this is basically a review based study and evaluates the previously structured studies.