Web-Based Presence for Social Connectedness in Long-Term Care: Protocol for a Qualitative Multimethods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant restrictions on social gatherings significantly impacted many peoples' sense of social connectedness, defined as an individual's subjective sense of having close relationships with others. Older adults living in long-term care homes (LTCHs) experienced extreme restrictions on social gatherings, which negatively impacted their physical and mental health as well as the health and well-being of their family caregivers. Their experiences highlighted the need to reconceptualize social connectedness. In particular, the pandemic highlighted the need to explore novel ways to attain fulfilling relationships with others in the absence of physical gatherings such as through the use of a hybridized system of web-based and in-person presence.

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SUBMITTER: Garnett A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10638636 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature