Araujo Odete, Sequeira Carlos, Ferré-Grau Carme, Sousa Lia
School of Nursing, University of Minho, Portugal; Health Sciences Research Unit, Nursing (UICISA E: UMinho), Portugal; CINTESIS-Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Porto, Portugal.
CINTESIS-Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Porto, Portugal; Nursing School of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Enferm Clin (Engl Ed). 2022 Mar-Apr;32(2):83-91. doi: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2021.09.001.
This study sought to explore the perceptions of experts about the performance of nursing homes during the COVID-19 outbreak.
A qualitative study was developed in two stages: (1) a focus group, conducted in May 2020, with 5 experts; (2) a modified e-Delphi, implemented in September 2020 with 22 experts, both in the area of assistance in nursing homes from Northern and Center of Portugal.
The results allowed identifying three main areas that influenced the performance of nursing homes during the COVID-19 outbreak: organization models and resources; physical and mental health of residents and; family as a support.
Older adults residing in nursing homes are particularly vulnerable to severe disease or death from COVID-19. It is emergent that nursing homes prevent physical and mental frailty in older residents and the loneliness aggravated by the pandemic circumstances. Decision-makers need to recognize that older people living in nursing homes have several health needs, which should determine the implementation of new strategies namely the increase in the number of professionals with appropriate skills.
本研究旨在探讨专家对新冠疫情期间养老院表现的看法。
开展了一项分两个阶段的定性研究：（1）2020年5月对5名专家进行了焦点小组访谈；（2）2020年9月对葡萄牙北部和中部养老院护理领域的22名专家实施了改良的电子德尔菲法。
研究结果确定了影响新冠疫情期间养老院表现的三个主要方面：组织模式与资源；居民的身心健康；家庭支持。
居住在养老院的老年人特别容易因感染新冠病毒而患上重病或死亡。养老院亟需预防老年居民的身体和精神虚弱以及疫情造成的孤独感加剧。决策者需要认识到，居住在养老院的老年人有多种健康需求，这应促使实施新策略，即增加具备适当技能的专业人员数量。
