2022
DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.14.22273903
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Effects of COVID-19 in Care Homes - A Mixed Methods Review

Abstract: IntroductionThe report provides an up-to-date review of the global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes. We used a mixed methods approach to assess care home mortality by country, how the deaths compared with previous periods, and how excess deaths may be explained. We retrieved national datasets for 25 countries on mortality, 17 cohort studies assessing deaths compared to a previous period, and 16 cohort studies reporting interventions or factors associated with excess mortality.The COVID-19 pandemi… Show more

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“…41 , 42 A large share of further excess deaths in these facilities was probably due to abandonment, thirst, and hunger. 42 …”
Section: Death Tollmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…41 , 42 A large share of further excess deaths in these facilities was probably due to abandonment, thirst, and hunger. 42 …”
Section: Death Tollmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…COVID‐19 probably caused substantially fewer deaths in children and adolescents <20 years old (~20,000) 40 versus 3 seasons of typical influenza 23 . Conversely, the vast majority of COVID‐19 fatalities worldwide occurred in people >65 years old, including probably ~1 million deaths in institutionalized residents of long‐term care facilities 41,42 . A large share of further excess deaths in these facilities was probably due to abandonment, thirst, and hunger 42 …”
Section: Death Tollmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed nursing home (residential long-term care home) residents and staff to a diverse set of challenges affecting their physical, psychological, and social well-being [ 1 , 2 ]. Evidence from the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak and emerging COVID-19 studies suggest that there will be global phenomena such as increased anxiety, depression, and trauma experienced by health care workers, which will likely have long-term impacts [ 3 - 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, we have documented that some studies attributed mortality in nursing homes in the absence of testing or a medical diagnosis. 1 The authors inferred the cause of death from the period in which the deaths occurred.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%