1st Edition
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Long-Term Care Insights for Reform
This important book examines how nursing homes experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, how it affected the residents and staff, and how the industry can be reformed to better meet the demands of a similar health crisis in the future.
Data-led and richly illustrated with insightful charts throughout, the book begins with a thorough overview of what occurred in nursing homes during the pandemic, situated within a broader perspective of the regulatory system in which long-term care operates in different regions of the world. It then moves on to detail those issues that made managing nursing homes during the pandemic so challenging, before providing an insightful analysis into how nursing homes can reform their policies and practices ahead of a possible future pandemic.
Written by a gerontological nurse and Director of Nursing with over 30 years of experience in the long-term care industry, this book will interest researchers and practitioners across public health and nursing.
Introduction—The COVID-19 Pandemic and Long-Term Care: Insights for Reform
Section I. COVID-19 in Nursing Homes and Its Impacts
1. Nursing Home Susceptibility for Transmission: Residents and Employees
2. Operators: Corporations, Government, and Private Sector
Section II. Structural, Policy, and Procedural Changes for Improvement of Surveillance, Mitigation, and Quality of Care
3. LTC Improved Infection Surveillance, Control, and Prevention Strategies
4. Public Health Emergency: Termination and Policy Changes
5. LTC Structural and Internal Changes for Elder Care Provisions
6. Organizations Globally: Preparing for Future Pandemics
Section III. Governmental Strategies for Long-Term Care Industry Reform
7. Regulatory Systems and Changes in Protocols to Prepare for Future Pandemics
8. Government Strategies for Healthcare Delivery Improvement Processes in Long-Term Care
Biography
Delia Marie Franklin is a registered nurse who has over 40 years of experience in the healthcare profession, including approximately eight years of experience as a Director of Nursing in the long-term care industry. As a nurse, her knowledge base of long-term care and gerontological nursing is intertwined with educational materials establishing a broader understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact in nursing homes worldwide, and the multifactorial systems needed for culture change and reform in the industry.
"The COVID-19 Pandemic and Long-Term Care: Insights for Reform presents a multifactorial global examination of the pandemic's impacts on the long-term care industry and the many different mitigation strategies that have been and can be implemented to improve infection control practices for future public health emergencies. Providing scientifically-based evidence through inclusion of empirical and analytical research in the educational literature enhances insights into the increase and continuation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates in care homes worldwide, expanding knowledge and understanding of the need for reform related to staffing in the industry, architectural design of long-term care facilities, an increased need for enhanced in-home residential elderly care and support, and the essential requirement for mandated pandemic related infection prevention and control education in long-term care facilities. Franklin’s, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Long-Term Care: Insights for Reform is a must read for healthcare professionals and researchers that want to increase their knowledge base about the global long-term care industry and pandemics."
Ricardo Bautista, Administrator, Intellihealth Management Services, LLC
"Delia Franklin’s examination of the long-term care industry and COVID-19 from a worldwide perspective offers an insightful analysis not only of the pandemic, but also brings to light other adversities experienced by residents during SARS-CoV-2, including mental health decline, increased falls, weight loss, and changes in pressure injury ratios. The material assists in formulating strategies for improvement in quality of care and life regarding gerontological clients in care homes throughout the globe, not only related to infection prevention and control, but also for these additional factors. Furthermore, discussions presented on expansion and improvements for in-home community gerontological care and support in The COVID-19 Pandemic and Long-Term Care: Insights for Reform deliver an avenue to further enhance healthcare provisions for the elderly population. Information encompassing the multiple regulatory system changes, governmental strategies for healthcare delivery improvement processes, and methods presented by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Public Policy Forum, and UK Health Security Agency explored in the title are beneficial knowledge for preparation planning related to future public health emergencies."
Rachel Braida, RN, MDS Coordinator, Genesis Healthcare
