Social Connection is Essential in Long-Term Care Homes: Considerations During COVID-19 and Beyond

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada. But the measures put in place to control infection within LTC homes have also had devastating impacts on the health and well-being of residents through the effects on social connection. Here, we offer guiding principles to e...

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Autores principales: Bethell, Jennifer, O’Rourke, Hannah M., Eagleson, Heather, Gaetano, Daniel, Hykaway, Wayne, McAiney, Carrie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8137460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34079609
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.488
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description COVID-19 has had a profound impact on long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada. But the measures put in place to control infection within LTC homes have also had devastating impacts on the health and well-being of residents through the effects on social connection. Here, we offer guiding principles to enable social connection and promote health and quality of life for LTC residents during COVID-19 and beyond. These principles were generated by a working group of the COVID-19 and Dementia Task Force, convened by the Alzheimer Society of Canada to identify the urgent and emerging issues raised by COVID-19 for Canadians with dementia.
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spelling pubmed-81374602021-06-01 Social Connection is Essential in Long-Term Care Homes: Considerations During COVID-19 and Beyond Bethell, Jennifer O’Rourke, Hannah M. Eagleson, Heather Gaetano, Daniel Hykaway, Wayne McAiney, Carrie Can Geriatr J Commentaries COVID-19 has had a profound impact on long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada. But the measures put in place to control infection within LTC homes have also had devastating impacts on the health and well-being of residents through the effects on social connection. Here, we offer guiding principles to enable social connection and promote health and quality of life for LTC residents during COVID-19 and beyond. These principles were generated by a working group of the COVID-19 and Dementia Task Force, convened by the Alzheimer Society of Canada to identify the urgent and emerging issues raised by COVID-19 for Canadians with dementia. Canadian Geriatrics Society 2021-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8137460/ /pubmed/34079609 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.488 Text en © 2021 Author(s). Published by the Canadian Geriatrics Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited.
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