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Caring for Older People during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Residential Health Care Workers

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  • Veronica Sze-Ki Lai

    (School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China)

  • Sui-Yu Yau

    (School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China)

  • Linda Yin-King Lee

    (School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China)

  • Becky Siu-Yin Li

    (School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China)

  • Susan Sin-Ping Law

    (School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China)

  • Shixin Huang

    (Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

Older people and health care workers in residential care homes are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID-19 has been spreading around the world for more than two years, the nature of care delivery has been substantially transformed. This study aims at understanding the long-term and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the delivery of care in residential care homes. It investigates how the delivery of care has been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic and how health care workers adapted to these changes from the perspectives of frontline health care workers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted from February to December 2021 with a purposive sample of 30 health care workers from six residential care homes in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis identified three themes, including (1) enhancing infection prevention and control measures; (2) maintaining the psychosocial wellbeing of residents; and (3) developing resilience. Discussions and implications were drawn from these findings.

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  • Veronica Sze-Ki Lai & Sui-Yu Yau & Linda Yin-King Lee & Becky Siu-Yin Li & Susan Sin-Ping Law & Shixin Huang, 2022. "Caring for Older People during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Residential Health Care Workers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:15287-:d:977656
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    1. Marta González-Touya & Alexandrina Stoyanova & Rosa M. Urbanos-Garrido, 2021. "COVID-19 and Unmet Healthcare Needs of Older People: Did Inequity Arise in Europe?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-15, August.
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