Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada
Autor: | Veronique Boscart, Gail J Donner, Michael Wolfson, Colleen M. Flood, Sharon E. Straus, Francine M. Ducharme, Pat Armstrong, James L. Silvius, Carole A. Estabrooks, Janice Keefe |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
end of life
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nursing homes ltc transformation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Nursing quality of care Pandemic data quality 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary Task force pandemic Long-term care covid-19 quality of life accountability Data quality Accountability long-term care lcsh:Q Business lcsh:L 030217 neurology & neurosurgery lcsh:Education |
Zdroj: | FACETS, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 651-691 (2020) |
ISSN: | 2371-1671 |
DOI: | 10.1139/facets-2020-0056 |
Popis: | The Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 was formed in April 2020 to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The Task Force established a series of working groups to rapidly develop policy briefings, with the objective of supporting policy makers with evidence to inform their decisions. This paper reports the findings of the COVID-19 Long-Term Care (LTC) working group addressing a preferred future for LTC in Canada, with a specific focus on COVID-19 and the LTC workforce. First, the report addresses the research context and policy environment in Canada’s LTC sector before COVID-19 and then summarizes the existing knowledge base for integrated solutions to challenges that exist in the LTC sector. Second, the report outlines vulnerabilities exposed because of COVID-19, including deficiencies in the LTC sector that contributed to the magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis. This section focuses especially on the characteristics of older adults living in nursing homes, their caregivers, and the physical environment of nursing homes as important contributors to the COVID-19 crisis. Finally, the report articulates principles for action and nine recommendations for action to help solve the workforce crisis in nursing homes. |
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