Recommendations Related to Visitor and Movement Restrictions in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of Residents, Families, and Staff

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作者
Lam, Matthew C. H. [1 ]
Egan, Mary Y. [2 ,3 ]
Durocher, Evelyne [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Ottawa, Sch Rehabil Sci, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[3] Bruyere Res Inst, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[4] McMaster Univ, Sch Rehabil Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[5] McMaster Univ, Sch Rehabil Sci, 1400 Main St West, Hamilton, ON L8S 1C7, Canada
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL ON AGING-REVUE CANADIENNE DU VIEILLISSEMENT | 2024年
关键词
long-term care; retirement homes; COVID-19; pandemic; visiting restrictions; family caregivers; aging; soins de longue duree; maisons de retraite; pandemie de COVID-19; restrictions des visites; proches aidants; vieillissement;
D O I
10.1017/S0714980823000715
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
In Canada, long-term care and retirement home residents have experienced high rates of COVID-19 infection and death. Early efforts to protect residents included restricting all visitors as well as movement inside homes. These restrictions, however, had significant implications for residents' health and well-being. Engaging with those most affected by such restrictions can help us to better understand their experiences and address their needs. In this qualitative study, 43 residents of long-term care or retirement homes, family members and staff were interviewed and offered recommendations related to infection control, communication, social contact and connection, care needs, and policy and planning. The recommendations were examined using an ethical framework, providing potential relevance in policy development for public health crises. Our results highlight the harms of movement and visiting restrictions and call for effective, equitable, and transparent measures. The design of long-term care and retirement policies requires ongoing, meaningful engagement with those most affected. Au Canada, les aines qui vivent dans des etablissements de soins de longue duree et dans des maisons de retraite ont ete severement affectes par la pandemie de COVID-19. Pour proteger cette population, les autorites ont impose des restrictions dans les residences, dont l'interdiction de se deplacer dans les etablissements et d'accueillir tout visiteur. Ces restrictions ont entraine de graves repercussions sur la sante et le bien-etre des residents. L'engagement aupres des residents qui ont ete le plus touches par de telles restrictions peut nous aider a mieux comprendre leur vecu et repondre a leurs besoins. Dans le cadre de cette etude qualitative, 43 participants - residents, membres de la famille et membres du personnel soignant de ces etablissements - ont offert des recommandations concernant le controle des infections, la communication, les contacts sociaux, les soins et la planification. Ces recommandations ont ete analysees a l'aide d'un cadre deontologique afin d'en determiner la pertinence eventuelle dans l'elaboration de politiques de gestion des crises sanitaires. Les resultats illustrent les dommages causes par la restriction des deplacements et des visites et soulignent la necessite de concevoir et mettre en oe uvre des mesures efficaces, equitables et transparentes. La conception de politiques pour les etablissements de soins de longue duree et les maisons de retraite exige un engagement constant et approfondi avec les personnes les plus touchees.
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