Caring for nursing home residents with COVID-19: a "hospital-at-nursing home" intermediate care intervention.

Autor: Benvenuti E; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Rivasi G; Division of Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50139, Florence, Italy. giulia.rivasi@unifi.it., Bulgaresi M; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Barucci R; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Lorini C; Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Balzi D; Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Faraone A; Department of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy., Fortini G; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Vaccaro G; Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Del Lungo I; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Gangemi S; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Giardini S; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Piga C; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Barghini E; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Boni S; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Bulli G; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Carrai P; Department of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy., Crociani A; Department of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy., Lo Forte A; Department of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy., Martella L; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Pupo S; Geriatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy., Marozzi I; Division of Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50139, Florence, Italy., Bandini G; Division of Internal Medicine, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy., Buscemi P; Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Cosma C; Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Stacchini L; Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Baggiani L; Department of Territorial Health Network, Florence, Italy., Ungar A; Division of Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50139, Florence, Italy., Mossello E; Division of Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50139, Florence, Italy., Bonaccorsi G; Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Landini G; Department of Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Local Health Unit 'Toscana Centro', Florence, Italy.
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Zdroj: Aging clinical and experimental research [Aging Clin Exp Res] 2021 Oct; Vol. 33 (10), pp. 2917-2924. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 20.
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-021-01959-z
Abstrakt: Background: Nursing home (NH) residents have been dramatically affected by COVID-19, with extremely high rates of hospitalization and mortality.
Aims: To describe the features and impact of an assistance model involving an intermediate care mobile medical specialist team (GIROT, Gruppo Intervento Rapido Ospedale Territorio) aimed at delivering "hospital-at-nursing home" care to NH residents with COVID-19 in Florence, Italy.
Methods: The GIROT activity was set-up during the first wave of the pandemic (W1, March-April 2020) and became a structured healthcare model during the second (W2, October 2020-January 2021). The activity involved (1) infection transmission control among NHs residents and staff, (2) comprehensive geriatric assessment including prognostication and geriatric syndromes management, (3) on-site diagnostic assessment and protocol-based treatment of COVID-19, (4) supply of nursing personnel to understaffed NHs. To estimate the impact of the GIROT intervention, we reported hospitalization and infection lethality rates recorded in SARS-CoV-2-positive NH residents during W1 and W2.
Results: The GIROT activity involved 21 NHs (1159 residents) and 43 NHs (2448 residents) during W1 and W2, respectively. The percentage of infected residents was higher in W2 than in W1 (64.5% vs. 38.8%), while both hospitalization and lethality rates significantly decreased in W2 compared to W1 (10.1% vs 58.2% and 23.4% vs 31.1%, respectively).
Discussion: Potentiating on-site care in the NHs paralleled a decrease of hospital admissions with no increase of lethality.
Conclusions: An innovative "hospital-at-nursing home" patient-centred care model based on comprehensive geriatric assessment may provide a valuable contribution in fighting COVID-19 in NH residents.
(© 2021. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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