Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
Nurs Open. 2024 May;11(5):e2169. doi: 10.1002/nop2.2169.
To examine the perceptions of managers of elder care homes on the impact of facility and staff characteristics on infection control of COVID-19.
Case study.
Six purposively sampled care home managers in the city of Stockholm were interviewed. Through content analysis, three categories and nine subcategories were identified.
According to the interviewed care home managers, a home-like environment that allows for isolation of residents and possibilities for staff to get changed and store personal protective equipment outside each resident's room was considered ideal. Experienced employees were reported as invaluable when facing an infectious outbreak. A mix of permanent and temporary staff was considered essential although some thought that temporary staff who work in multiple care homes might negatively influence the spread of infection. Language barriers among staff were considered an obstacle when trying to disseminate information.
探讨养老院管理人员对设施和员工特征对 COVID-19 感染控制影响的看法。
案例研究。
对斯德哥尔摩市的 6 名有针对性抽取的养老院管理人员进行了访谈。通过内容分析,确定了三个类别和九个子类。
根据接受采访的养老院管理人员的说法,一个类似家庭的环境,允许隔离居民,并为员工提供在每个居民房间外更换和存放个人防护设备的可能性,被认为是理想的。在面临传染病爆发时,有经验的员工被认为是非常宝贵的。混合使用固定员工和临时员工被认为是必要的,尽管有些人认为在多家养老院工作的临时员工可能会对感染的传播产生负面影响。员工之间的语言障碍被认为是传播信息时的一个障碍。