[Confinement of staff with residents in nursing homes: a solution against COVID-19?] / Confinement du personnel d'Ehpad avec les résidents : une solution contre le Covid-19 ?
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
; 18(3): 238-240, 2020 09 01.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-749031
ABSTRACT
The Coronarovirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak strongly affected nursing and was responsible for a high mortality rate. During the pandemic of March-May 2020, 17 French nursing homes organized staff confinement periods with residents 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, to reduce the risk of entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into their facilities, in a context where visits to residents were prohibited. By means of a telephone survey of their directors, we observed that 16 nursing homes (94%) had no cases of COVID-19 among the residents, and that mortality from COVID-19 was very low compared to that recorded at the national level by Santé publique France (p<10-4). Moreover, the number of cases of Covid-19 among the staff of these nursing homes was also lower than that recorded by Santé publique France (p<10-4). These establishments experienced certain difficulties which the directors managed to overcome and the investment of these teams was widely appreciated by the families of the residents and through the press.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Quarantine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Nursing Homes
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
French
Journal:
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pnv.2020.0885
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