Moral lessons from residents, close relatives and volunteers about the COVID-19 restrictions in Dutch and Flemish nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, national governments took restrictive measures, such as a visitors ban, prohibition of group activities and quarantine, to protect nursing home residents against infections. As 'safety' prevailed, residents and close relatives had no choice but to accept the restrictions. Their perspectives are relevant because the policies had a major impact on them, but they were excluded from the policy decisions. In this study we looked into the moral attitudes of residents, close relatives and volunteers regarding the restrictions in retrospect, and what moral lessons they considered important.

Methods

We conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with residents and close relatives and one focus group meeting with volunteers working in nursi

SUBMITTER: Landeweer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature