Saving lives through life-threatening measures? The COVID-19 paradox of infection prevention in long-term care facilities

The current SARS Cov-2 infection control measures have paradoxical effects. On the one hand, the lockdown measures help to protect vulnerable populations in particular. On the other hand, these measures inevitably have the effect that those who are to be protected not only become socially isolated a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thiel, Ansgar, Altmeier, Dorothee, Frahsa, Annika, Eschweiler, Gerhard W., Nieß, Andreas, Sudeck, Gorden
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34154523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11556-021-00265-x
Descripción
Sumario:The current SARS Cov-2 infection control measures have paradoxical effects. On the one hand, the lockdown measures help to protect vulnerable populations in particular. On the other hand, these measures inevitably have the effect that those who are to be protected not only become socially isolated and are exposed to enormous psychological stress, but also break down physically due to inactivity. Thus, the activation that is omitted in the lockdown is not compensated by external reference groups, which also indicates that important conditions for healthy ageing are not given in long-term care facilities.

Ejemplares similares