Nursing homes and COVID-19: We can and should do better.

What it found

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Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. The Experiences of People From Ethnic Minority Backgrounds Living in Care Homes-A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026
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2. Psychotropic use for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024
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3. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2022
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4. Detecting and supporting COVID-19 outbreak response in a small-scale nursing home through passive wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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5. Adapting and Co-Producing a Psychological First Aid Intervention for Care Home Staff: A Person-Based Approach to Enhance Workforce Resilience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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6. Demystifying Quality Metrics and Unveiling the True Measure of Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: Mixed Effects Analysis.JMIR human factors · 2026
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7. Real-time spatiotemporal tracking of infectious outbreaks in confined environments with a host-pathogen agent-based system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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8. Behavioral symptoms of dementia and psychotropic use during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2026
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9. Exploring the correlates of COVID-19 vaccination inequity: a global analysis using machine learning from a health economic lens.Frontiers in health services · 2026
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10. A national survey on COVID-19 infection in Italian retirement homes for older adults and persons with disabilities.Frontiers in public health · 2026
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11. [Intention to leave the nursing profession due to mental health factors in Navarre (Spain) during the post.COVID-19 pandemic period].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2025
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12. Leadership Perspectives on Nursing Home Operations From Crisis to Control: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2024
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13. COVID-19 measures implemented for nursing home staff and their perspectives on the importance of the measures: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024
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14. How behavioural ageing affects infectious disease.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023
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15. Clarity and adaptability of instructions preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus and its association with individual and organisational factors regarding the psychosocial work environment: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2023
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16. Epidemic-Prevention Measures and Health Management in a Nursing Home during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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17. Nurses' preparedness to respond to COVID-19 and associated factors after the outbreak in China.Nursing open · 2023
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18. Matching medical staff to long term care facilities to respond to COVID-19 outbreak.BMC health services research · 2023
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19. Factors Influencing Admission Decisions in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Retrospective Quantitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023
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20. All-cause mortality among Danish nursing home residents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cohort study.European journal of epidemiology · 2023
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16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

Corrections and comments

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  COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic.2020

Authors and funding

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