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ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2024

Caregiving in long-term care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

Laura Daari, Heather A Finnegan, Atul Jaiswal, Aswen Sriranganathan, Courtney D Cameron, Kelsey M Haczkewicz, Caroline Monnin, Katie Aubrecht, Iwona Bielska, Ivy Cheng and 4 more

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Article in European geriatric medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Laura DaariDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
Heather A FinneganDepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Atul JaiswalCentre of Excellence, Perley Health, Ottawa, Canada.
Aswen SriranganathanFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Courtney D CameronDepartment of Psychology and Centre on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Kelsey M HaczkewiczDepartment of Psychology and Centre on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Caroline MonninNeil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Katie AubrechtDepartment of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada.
Iwona BielskaDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Ivy ChengDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Aislinn ConwayEvidence Synthesis Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Chi-Ling Joanna SinnDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
El-Kebir GhandourChargé d'encadrement, Université TELUQ, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Natasha L GallantDepartment of Psychology and Centre on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada. Natasha.Gallant@uregina.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-1915-2106

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe COVID-19 pandemic magnified pre-existing socioeconomic, operational, and structural challenges in long-term care across the world. In Canada, the long-term care sector's dependence on caregivers as a supplement to care workers became apparent once restrictive visitation policies were employed. We conducted a scoping review to better understand the associations between caregiving and resident, formal and informal caregiver health in long-term care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsA literature search was performed using MEDLINE, AgeLine, Google Advanced, ArXiv, PROSPERO, and OSF. Pairs of independent reviewers screened titles and abstracts followed by a review of full texts. Studies were included if they reported biological, psychological, or social health outcomes associated with caregiving (or lack thereof).

resultsAfter screening and reviewing 252 records identified by the search strategy, a total of 20 full-text records were eligible and included in this review. According to our results, research on caregiving increased during the pandemic, and researchers noted restrictive visitation policies had an adverse impact on health outcomes for residents and formal and informal caregivers. In comparison, caregiving in long-term care prior to the pandemic, and once visitation policies became less restrictive, led to mostly beneficial health outcomes.

conclusionCaregiver interventions, for the most part, appear to promote better health outcomes for long-term care residents and formal and informal caregivers. Suggestions to better support caregiving in long-term care settings are offered.

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CaregiversCOVID-19Long-Term CareSARS-CoV-2AgedCanadaHumansPandemicsCaregiversCaregivingCare workersHealth outcomesHealth policiesLong-term careResidentsVisitation policies

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