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on behalf of the WE-THRIVE Group Authorship Statement: The following are members of WE-THRIVE (Worldwide Elements to Harmonize Research in Long Term Care Living Environments): [To insert all participants in domain discussions and IAGG-GSA session who wish to be included; we are following the ICMJE guidelines for consortium authorship, as operationalized by BMJ Special articles do not involve original research but instead provide novel interpretation or synthesis of information in 1 an area of general interest to readers of the journal. Examples of special articles include consensus statements, 2 clinical tools, practice guidelines, and discussion of new policies or regulations. Manuscripts may be solicited by the 3 editors or submitted at the initiative of authors. The body of the submission (excluding abstract and references) 4should generally be limited to 3,000 words; it can include 3 tables or figures, and 50 references. An unstructured 5 abstract of up to 300 words is required, and specific headings to organize the text are not prescribed; however, the 6 text should conclude with a section entitled "Implications for Practice, Policy, and/or Research." 7 8 ABSTRACT 9To support person-centered, residential long-term care internationally, a consortium of 10 researchers in medicine, nursing, behavioral and social sciences from 21 geographically and 11 economically diverse countries have launched the WE-THRIVE initiative to develop a common 12 data infrastructure. The consortium aims to identify measurement domains that are 13 internationally relevant, including in low and middle income countries, prioritize concepts to 14 operationalize domains, and specify a set of data elements to measure concepts that can be used (CDEs) initiative. Four domains were identified, including organizational context; workforce and 21 staffing; person-centered care; and care outcomes. Using a nominal group process, WE-22 103 who facilitated domain-specific discussions. Domain-specific discussions focused on potential 104 concepts in each domain that were common to LTC settings across represented countries. The 105 domain committee chairs met in monthly WE-THRIVE steering committee meetings to report 106 updates and share challenges and ideas across subgroups. Figure 1 summarizes the 107 developmental timeline of WE-THRIVE's work, totaling 8 steering committee meetings and 9 108 domain committee meetings that occurred in preparation for IAGG 2017. 109Because of the group's commitment to global inclusiveness, a standing item for the 110 steering committee and the domain committee meetings was to identify new WE-THRIVE 111 members, especially those from low and middle-income countries (LMICs), to vet the work to 112 date. We built an inclusive, flexible network of researchers with ongoing participation through 113 face-to-face or distance-based technology that was not limited to researchers who could attend 114 IAGG 2017. This approach is consistent with the ESSENCE on Health Research initiative's 115 principle of building collaborativ...

Highlights What is the primary question addressed by this study? The primary purpose of the study was to investigate which methods of communication during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with more positive and less negative emotional experiences and perceptions of resident experiences of family members and friends of older adults in long-term care facilities in the United States. What is the main finding of this study? Using the phone more frequently was associated with less negative emotional experiences for participants, and using email more frequently was associated with more positive perceived resident experiences. Having letters delivered more frequently was associated with more participant and perceived resident negative emotions. What is the meaning of the findings? Connecting with family members and friends in long-term care facilities, especially via phone, may contribute to better emotional experiences for family members, friends, and long-term care residents.

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