TY - JOUR
T1 - Safe visiting is essential for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic : an international perspective
AU - Low, Lee-Fay
AU - Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn
AU - Sinha, Samir K.
AU - Stall, Nathan M.
AU - Verbeek, Hilde
AU - Siette, Joyce
AU - Dow, Briony
AU - Backhaus, Ramona
AU - Devi, Reena
AU - Spilsbury, Karen
AU - Brown, Jayne
AU - Griffiths, Alys
AU - Bergman, Christian
AU - Comas-Herrera, Adelina
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Blanket and total bans of nursing home visitors were wide- spread 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 COVID-19 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.
AB - Blanket and total bans of nursing home visitors were wide- spread 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 COVID-19 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.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:74394
U2 - 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.020
M3 - Article
SN - 1525-8610
VL - 22
SP - 977
EP - 978
JO - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
IS - 5
ER -
