Technology Recommendations to Support Person-Centered Care in Long-Term Care Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.
J Aging Soc Policy
; 33(4-5): 539-554, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1313693
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed persistent inequities in the long-term care sector and brought strict social/physical distancing distancing and public health quarantine guidelines that inadvertently put long-term care residents at risk for social isolation and loneliness. Virtual communication and technologies have come to the forefront as the primary mode for residents to maintain connections with their loved ones and the outside world; yet, many long-term care homes do not have the technological capabilities to support modern day technologies. There is an urgent need to replace antiquated technological infrastructures to enable person-centered care and prevent potentially irreversible cognitive and psychological declines by ensuring residents are able to maintain important relationships with their family and friends. To this end, we provide five technological recommendations to support the ethos of person-centered care in residential long-term care homes during the pandemic and in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Technology
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Long-Term Care
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Communication
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Patient-Centered Care
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COVID-19
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Nursing Homes
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Aging Soc Policy
Journal subject:
Geriatrics
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Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
08959420.2021.1927620
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