Maintaining Resident Social Connections During COVID-19: Considerations for Long-Term Care.
Alzheimer’s/Dementia
long-term care
mental health
public health/public policy
Journal
Gerontology & geriatric medicine
ISSN: 2333-7214
Titre abrégé: Gerontol Geriatr Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101662571
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
12
07
2020
revised:
03
09
2020
accepted:
08
09
2020
entrez:
28
10
2020
pubmed:
29
10
2020
medline:
29
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Worldwide, long-term care (LTC) homes have been heavily impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The significant risk of COVID-19 to LTC residents has resulted in major public health restrictions placed on LTC visitation. This article describes the important considerations for the facilitation of social connections between LTC residents and their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experiences of 10 continuing care homes in Alberta, Canada. Important considerations include: technology, physical space, human resource requirements, scheduling and organization, and infection prevention and control. We describe some of the challenges encountered when implementing alternative visit approaches such as video and phone visits, window visits and outdoor in-person visits, and share several strategies and approaches to managing this new process within LTC.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33110931
doi: 10.1177/2333721420962669
pii: 10.1177_2333721420962669
pmc: PMC7557236
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2333721420962669Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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