Preparedness for viral respiratory infection pandemic in residential aged care facilities: A review of the literature to inform post-COVID-19 response.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To examine what was known about disaster preparedness in residential care and to consider this in the light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

Care homes provide long-term care to vulnerable, frail older people, as well as to young people with profound disabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the residential care sector has been seriously affected in many parts of the world and has exposed major flaws and vulnerabilities in infection control and other processes that have resulted in considerable loss of life of residents of these facilities.

Design

Discursive paper informed by a systematic literature. Review was carried out in line with PRISMA reporting guidelines. The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO on 2020 [CRD420

SUBMITTER: Usher K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242770 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature