The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Isolation in Long-term Care Homes: Perspectives of Policies and Strategies from Six Countries

Chu, Charlene H.; Wang, Jing; Fukui, Chie; Staudacher, Sandra; Wachholz, Patrick Alexander; Wu, Bei

doi:10.1080/08959420.2021.1924346

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“…Moreover, this would create multipliers who would not be constrained by restrictions. In addition, this intervention would counteract the isolation of nursing home residents, which has been exacerbated by pandemic-related restrictions [ 38 ].…”

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Feasibility of Multicomponent Training for People with Moderate to Severe Dementia Living in a Long-Term Care Home: A Social Ethical Approach

Kruse

Cordes

Schulz

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Multicomponent training is recommended for people with dementia living in long-term care homes. Nevertheless, evidence is limited and people with severe dementia are often excluded from trials. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate (1) the feasibility and (2) the requirements regarding multicomponent training for people with moderate to severe dementia. The study was conducted as an uncontrolled single arm pilot study with a mixed methods approach. Fifteen nursing home residents with a mean age of 82 years (range: 75–90 years; female: 64%) with moderate to severe dementia received 16 weeks of multicomponent training. Feasibility and requirements of the training were assessed by a standardized observation protocol. Eleven participants regularly attended the intervention. The highest active participation was observed during gait exercises (64%), the lowest during strength exercises (33%). It was supportive if exercises were task-specific or related to everyday life. This study confirms that multicomponent training for the target group is (1) feasible and well accepted, and (2) to enhance active participation, individual instructions and the implementation of exercises related to everyday life is required. The effectiveness of the adapted training should be tested in future randomized controlled trials.

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confidence: 99%

Feasibility of Multicomponent Training for People with Moderate to Severe Dementia Living in a Long-Term Care Home: A Social Ethical Approach

Kruse

Cordes

Schulz

et al. 2021

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“…In lieu of long-term sustainable solutions, some countries or regions took innovative measures. For example in Ontario, Canada, the provincial government sought to train newly unemployed individuals as Resident Support Aides (RSAs) who could assist LTCF residents with daily living activities including recreational activities 1 , 30 .…”

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“…In order to reduce COVID-19 transmissions within long-term care facilities (LTCF), a nationwide visitor ban for LTFCs was put in place in the Netherlands from 20 March 2020 onwards. Measures as part of the ban included: restricting residents from going outside their apartment or unit or facility, the elimination of communal dining, prohibiting anyone not deemed critical for (medical) care from entering the facilities, and the cancelation of all group activities taking place outside the unit, while some regular activities were replaced by alternative activities inside the unit 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . When the visitor-ban was eased on 15 June 2020, LTCFs allowed visits under certain conditions and activities were re-started, albeit often in adapted form 6 .…”

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The influence of the down- and upscaling of activities in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 visitor ban on caregivers’ exhaustion and ability to provide care and support: A questionnaire study

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“…Since December 2019, the cumulative number of reported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) worldwide has now exceeded 230 million, with more than four million deaths (as of October 12, 2021) (1). COVID-19 infections have triggered a global public health crisis that has lasted nearly 2 years (2,3). After the Chinese government initiated a nationwide emergency response to the COVID-19 outbreak, hospital pharmacists quickly went to the front line to join physicians and nurses in fighting against the pandemic (4,5).…”

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Exploring the Pharmaceutical Care of Pharmacists in China During COVID-19—A National Multicenter Qualitative Study

Wang

Yin

Zhang

et al. 2022

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BackgroundPharmacists are one of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) treatment team members in China, yet only a few single-center studies have described the work experience of pharmacists during the pandemic.PurposeThis study aimed to explore in-depth experiences of hospital pharmacists providing pharmacy services during the COVID-19 pandemic in China on a national scale.MethodsThis is a nationwide multicenter qualitative study that used the purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 pharmacists from large-scale tertiary hospitals in representative provinces of mainland China. The Colaizzi seven-step method was applied to analyze the interview data.ResultsEleven semi-structured interviews were conducted. Each interview lasted 25–70 min. By analyzing the work experiences of pharmacists in COVID-19 designated treatment hospitals, five descriptive themes were categorized: (1) drug supply service; (2) routine clinical pharmacy services; (3) expanded pharmacy services during the epidemic; (4) drug management loopholes; (5) areas of improvements of pharmacy services during a pandemic.ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 epidemic, Chinese hospital pharmacists played various vital roles. However, there were loopholes in managing narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, and donated drugs. The study uncovered areas of improvement in pharmacy services during the pandemic. The emergency response capacity of hospital pharmacists should be continuously improved in the future.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Isolation in Long-term Care Homes: Perspectives of Policies and Strategies from Six Countries

Cited by 52 publications

References 29 publications

Feasibility of Multicomponent Training for People with Moderate to Severe Dementia Living in a Long-Term Care Home: A Social Ethical Approach

Feasibility of Multicomponent Training for People with Moderate to Severe Dementia Living in a Long-Term Care Home: A Social Ethical Approach

The influence of the down- and upscaling of activities in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 visitor ban on caregivers’ exhaustion and ability to provide care and support: A questionnaire study

Exploring the Pharmaceutical Care of Pharmacists in China During COVID-19—A National Multicenter Qualitative Study

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