Safe visiting is essential for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international perspective
Date
2021-02-26
Authors
Hinsliff-Smith, K.
Low, Lee-Fay
Devi, Reena
Spilsbury, Karen
Brown, Jayne
Sinhu, Samir
Stall, Nathan
Dow, Briony
Griffiths, Alys
Bergman, Christina
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
1525-8610
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
Blanket and total bans of nursing home visitors were widespread at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic when governments and homes were unprepared to prevent and manage outbreaks. However, these visitor restrictions have been prolonged and often reinstated after having been lifted, despite increased home and health system readiness and mounting evidence of harms to residents. Further, in most nursing homes, visitor bans were introduced without discussion or consent from residents or their advocates, constituting a violation of the resident’s rights to have visitors.
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Keywords
care homes, older people, visiting, family, relatives, Covid, Pandemic, Corona, C-19, guidance, international
Citation
Low, L-F., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Sinha, S.K., Stall, N.M., Verbeek, H., Siette, J., Dow, B., Backhaus, R., Devi, R., Spilsbury, K., Brown, J., Griffiths, A., Bergman, C., Comas-Herrera, A. (2021) Safe visiting is essential for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international perspective. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association,
Research Institute
Institute of Health, Health Policy and Social Care