With COVID Comes Complexity: Assessing the Implementation of Family Visitation Programs in Long-Term Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic visitor restrictions to long-term care facilities have demonstrated that eliminating opportunities for family-resident contact has devastating consequences for residents' quality of life. Our study aimed to understand how public health directives to support family visitations during the pandemic were navigated, managed, and implemented by staff.

Research design and methods

Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we conducted video/telephone interviews with 54 direct care and implementation staff in six long-term care homes in two Canadian provinces to assess implementation barriers and facilitators of visitation programs. Equity and inclusion issues were examined in the program's

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028227 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature