Barriers and facilitators to person-centred infection prevention and control: results of a survey about the Dementia Isolation Toolkit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People working in long-term care homes (LTCH) face difficult decisions balancing the risk of infection spread with the hardship imposed on residents by infection control and prevention (ICP) measures. The Dementia Isolation Toolkit (DIT) was developed to address the gap in ethical guidance on how to safely and effectively isolate people living with dementia while supporting their personhood. In this observational study, we report the results of a survey of LTCH staff on barriers and facilitators regarding isolating residents, and the impact of the DIT on staff moral distress.

Methods

We completed an online cross-sectional survey. Participants (n = 207) were staff working on-site in LTCH in Ontario, Canada since March 1, 2020, with direct or indirect experience wit

SUBMITTER: Iaboni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8786624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature