A qualitative assessment of factors affecting nursing home caregiving staff experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large portion of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States have occurred in nursing homes; however, current literature including the frontline perspective of staff working in nursing homes is limited. The objective of this qualitative assessment was to better understand what individual and facility level factors may have contributed to the impact of COVID-19 on Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Environmental Services (EVS) staff working in nursing homes.

Methods

Based on a simple random sample from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), 7,520 facilities were emailed invitations requesting one CNA and/or one EVS staff member for participation in a voluntary focus group over Zoom. Facility characteristics were obtained via NHSN and publicly avai

SUBMITTER: Snyder RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592470 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature