Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, volume 21, issue 7, pages 962-965
Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?
Katherine S. McGilton
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Astrid Escrig Pinol
3, 4
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Franziska Zúñiga
5
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Montserrat Gea Sanchez
6, 7
,
Veronique Boscart
8
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Julienne Meyer
9
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Kirsten N. Corazzini
10
,
Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto
11
,
Karen Spilsbury
12
,
Annica Backman
13
,
Kezia Scales
14
,
Anette Fagertun
15
,
Bei Wu
16
,
David Edvardsson
17, 18
,
Michael Lepore
19, 20
,
Angela M. Leung
21
,
Elena O. Siegel
22, 23
,
Maiko Noguchi Watanabe
24
,
Jing Wang
25
,
Barbara Bowers
26, 27
1
University Health Network
2
University Of Toronto
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College of Nurses in Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
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Schlegel/CIHR Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Seniors' Care, School of Health & Life Sciences, Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
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Nursing: Care for Older People, Division of Nursing, City, School of Health Sciences, University of London, UK
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PHI, Bronx, NY.
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Centre for Care Research west, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
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LiveWell Institute, Southington, CT
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National Office for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.
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Associate Dean for Research, and Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair, USA.
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2020-07-01
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SJR: 1.592
CiteScore: 11.1
Impact factor: 4.2
ISSN: 15258610, 15389375
General Medicine
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Health Policy
General Nursing
Abstract
As the COVID-19–related mortality rate of nursing home residents continues to rise, so too will the rates of mortality and morbidity of staff who care for them,1 a problem we must address now to avoid another health care crisis once this pandemic recedes. Currently, a significant proportion of deaths are attributed to persons living in nursing homes, ranging from 42% to 57% in European countries reporting data,2 to as high as 82% in several U.S. states and in Canada.2,3 However, there is a concern that many countries are not including nursing home deaths in the death toll.
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