Long-Term Care Facilities and Nursing Homes during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review of the Perspectives of Professionals, Families and Residents

Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Rosario Fernández-Peña, Angela Ortega-López, Ana Fernández-Feito, Oscar Bautista-Villaécija, Olga Rodrigo-Pedrosa, José Arnau-Sánchez and Ángel Lizcano-Álvarez
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Domingo Palacios-Ceña: Humanities and Qualitative Research in Health Science Research Group, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Hum&QRinHS), 28922 Alcorcón, Spain
Rosario Fernández-Peña: Faculty of Nursing, Universidad de Cantabria, 39008 Santander, Spain
Angela Ortega-López: Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain
Ana Fernández-Feito: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Oscar Bautista-Villaécija: Campus Docent Sant Joan de Déu, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Olga Rodrigo-Pedrosa: School of Nursing of the Sea, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
José Arnau-Sánchez: Directorate General of Health Planning, Research, Pharmacy and Citizen Services, Murcia Region Health Counseling, 30071 Murcia, Spain
Ángel Lizcano-Álvarez: Department of Nursing and Stomatology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Alcorcón, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-13

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant repercussions for nursing home residents, their families, and professionals. The objective was to describe the perspectives of residents, their families, and nursing home employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. A scoping review was carried out using the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews. The inclusion criteria were: qualitative and/or mixed methods studies in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The review covers studies published from 11 March 2020 to 15 February 2021. CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, British Nursing Index, Proquest, PsycInfo, and Google Scholar databases were used. We conducted a systematic narrative synthesis, presenting the results narratively and showing descriptive statistics on the studies reviewed. Sixteen documents were obtained from 175 results. Two studies focused on residents and one on their families. The remaining studies looked at professionals. Nursing homes had great difficulty managing resources, which was exacerbated by emotional exhaustion among residents, employees, and family members. In nursing homes, creative initiatives and new forms of leadership appeared to meet emerging needs during the pandemic. The results of the study show the impact of the pandemic on nursing homes and the response capacity present among residents, family members, and professionals.

Keywords: elderly people over 65; COVID-19; mixed methods; nursing homes; qualitative research; scoping review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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