Strengthening Social Capital to Address Isolation and Loneliness in Long-term Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Research on Information and Communication Technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had the greatest impact in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) by disproportionately harming older adults and heightening social isolation and loneliness (SIL). Living in close quarters with others and in need of around-the-clock assistance, interactions with older adults, which were previously in person, have been replaced by virtual chatting using information and communication technologies (ICTs). ICT applications such as FaceTime, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams video chatting have been overwhelmingly used by families to maintain residents' social capital and subsequently reduce their SIL.

Objective

Because of the lack of substantive knowledge on this ever-increasing form of social communication, this systematic review intends to synthesize th

SUBMITTER: Beogo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8955240 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature