The Impact of Visitation Guidelines During COVID-19 on Well-Being and Daily Life in Nursing Homes

Nursing homes across the world have taken very restrictive measures, including a ban for visitors, to prevent and control COVID-19 infections. This study reports on findings of a study investigating guidelines on allowing visitors in nursing homes and the impact on residents’ well-being, family care...

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Autores principales: Gerritsen, Debby, Backhaus, Ramona, de Boer, Bram, Urlings, Judith, Koopmans, Raymond, Hamers, Jan, Verbeek, Hilde
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8755095/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1575
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author Gerritsen, Debby
Backhaus, Ramona
de Boer, Bram
Urlings, Judith
Koopmans, Raymond
Hamers, Jan
Verbeek, Hilde
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description Nursing homes across the world have taken very restrictive measures, including a ban for visitors, to prevent and control COVID-19 infections. This study reports on findings of a study investigating guidelines on allowing visitors in nursing homes and the impact on residents’ well-being, family caregivers and staff. In total, 76 nursing homes in the Netherlands were followed using a survey study, including three waves of data collection in (May 2020, September 2020, March 2021. Results indicated a negative impact of a visitation ban for residents’ overall well-being. There was a variety in guidelines of allowing visitors in nursing homes, and showed that safe visiting was possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff perceived a fragile balance between infection prevention and the impact of restriction on residents. In conclusion, a general ban for visitors is not necessary and may do more harm than good for residents living in nursing homes.
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spelling pubmed-87550952022-01-13 The Impact of Visitation Guidelines During COVID-19 on Well-Being and Daily Life in Nursing Homes Gerritsen, Debby Backhaus, Ramona de Boer, Bram Urlings, Judith Koopmans, Raymond Hamers, Jan Verbeek, Hilde Innov Aging Abstracts Nursing homes across the world have taken very restrictive measures, including a ban for visitors, to prevent and control COVID-19 infections. This study reports on findings of a study investigating guidelines on allowing visitors in nursing homes and the impact on residents’ well-being, family caregivers and staff. In total, 76 nursing homes in the Netherlands were followed using a survey study, including three waves of data collection in (May 2020, September 2020, March 2021. Results indicated a negative impact of a visitation ban for residents’ overall well-being. There was a variety in guidelines of allowing visitors in nursing homes, and showed that safe visiting was possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff perceived a fragile balance between infection prevention and the impact of restriction on residents. In conclusion, a general ban for visitors is not necessary and may do more harm than good for residents living in nursing homes. Oxford University Press 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8755095/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1575 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Urlings, Judith
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Hamers, Jan
Verbeek, Hilde
The Impact of Visitation Guidelines During COVID-19 on Well-Being and Daily Life in Nursing Homes
title The Impact of Visitation Guidelines During COVID-19 on Well-Being and Daily Life in Nursing Homes
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title_short The Impact of Visitation Guidelines During COVID-19 on Well-Being and Daily Life in Nursing Homes
title_sort impact of visitation guidelines during covid-19 on well-being and daily life in nursing homes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8755095/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1575
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