Almost two-thirds of the elderly with covid-19 surviving in nursing homes

A large proportion of deaths worldwide have occurred among elderly living in nursing homes. Sweden is no exception with a comparable proportion making up around half of all deaths. The elderly, frail individuals living in nursing homes are among the most vulnerable and with the highest risk to die o...

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Published inLäkartidningen Vol. 117
Main Authors Amér, Stefan, Molnar, Christian, Tuutma, Marina, Metzner, Carina, Tegman, Petra, Taranger, Maria, Kivipelto, Miia, Strang, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageSwedish
Published Sweden 26.06.2020
Subjects
Aged
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - mortality
COVID-19
Frail Elderly
Humans
Nursing Homes
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - mortality
SARS-CoV-2
Survival Analysis
Sweden - epidemiology
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Summary:A large proportion of deaths worldwide have occurred among elderly living in nursing homes. Sweden is no exception with a comparable proportion making up around half of all deaths. The elderly, frail individuals living in nursing homes are among the most vulnerable and with the highest risk to die of covid-19. In spite of that we see almost two-thirds of the infected are still alive with a majority recovering fully after receiving treatment at the nursing home. Of 8 057 residents living in nursing homes in Stockholm, 1 464 (18 %) individuals have so far been diagnosed  with covid-19 and 532 have died (6 % of all residents). Importantly, this means that a great majority of the residents are still alive including almost two-thirds (932/1 464) of the infected individuals.
ISSN:1652-7518