Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on staff turnover at long-term care facilities: a qualitative study.
BMJ Open
; 12(12): e065123, 2022 12 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2161858
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this research was to explore the lived experiences of long-term care facilities' staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine if and how the pandemic played a role in their decision to leave their jobs.DESIGN:
Qualitative study using thematic analysis of semistructured interviews. Interview transcripts were analysed using coding techniques based in grounded theory.PARTICIPANTS:
A total of 29 staff with various roles across 21 long-term care facilities in 12 states were interviewed.RESULTS:
The pandemic influenced the staff's decision to leave their jobs in five different ways, namely (1) It significantly increased the workload; (2) Created more physical and emotional hazards for staff; (3) Constrained the facilities and their staff financially; (4) Deteriorated morale and job satisfaction among the staff and (5) Increased concerns with upper management's commitment to both general and COVID-19-specific procedures.CONCLUSIONS:
Staff at long-term care facilities discussed a wide variety of reasons for their decision to quit their jobs during the pandemic. Our findings may inform efforts to reduce the rate of turnover in these facilities.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
BMJ Open
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bmjopen-2022-065123
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