Did managers of long-term care facilities neglect the functionality of older adults? A survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Physical distancing impaired the health of older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF). This study aimed to assess the perception of managers of Brazilian LTCF about the loss of functionality of residents and strategies to prevent it. In this cross-sectional study, 276 managers of LTCF f...

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Autores principales: de Lacerda, Tatiana Teixeira Barral, Assis, Marcella Guimarães, de Carvalho, Poliana Fialho, Pereira, Leani Souza Máximo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10158166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37149265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.05.001
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description Physical distancing impaired the health of older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF). This study aimed to assess the perception of managers of Brazilian LTCF about the loss of functionality of residents and strategies to prevent it. In this cross-sectional study, 276 managers of LTCF from all Brazilian regions responded to an online survey, following the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys. The managers reported a loss of cognitive (60.2%) and physical (48.2%) functionality and more depressive symptoms (77.9%) and falls (16.3%) in residents. In addition, 73.2% of LTCF reduced in-person activities, and 55.8% did not perform remote activities. Managers of LTCF neglected the functionality of residents. Thus, health surveillance, prevention, and care must be reinforced for this population.
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spelling pubmed-101581662023-05-04 Did managers of long-term care facilities neglect the functionality of older adults? A survey during the COVID-19 pandemic de Lacerda, Tatiana Teixeira Barral Assis, Marcella Guimarães de Carvalho, Poliana Fialho Pereira, Leani Souza Máximo Am J Infect Control Article Physical distancing impaired the health of older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF). This study aimed to assess the perception of managers of Brazilian LTCF about the loss of functionality of residents and strategies to prevent it. In this cross-sectional study, 276 managers of LTCF from all Brazilian regions responded to an online survey, following the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys. The managers reported a loss of cognitive (60.2%) and physical (48.2%) functionality and more depressive symptoms (77.9%) and falls (16.3%) in residents. In addition, 73.2% of LTCF reduced in-person activities, and 55.8% did not perform remote activities. Managers of LTCF neglected the functionality of residents. Thus, health surveillance, prevention, and care must be reinforced for this population. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. 2023-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10158166/ /pubmed/37149265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.05.001 Text en © 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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