Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 962-965

  McGilton, Katherine S ^a,b   Escrig Pinol, Astrid ^a,b   Gordon, Adam ^c,d,e   Chu, Charlene H ^a,b,f   Zúñiga, Franziska ^g   Sanchez, Montserrat Gea ^h,i   Boscart, Veronique ^j   Meyer, Julienne ^k   Corazzini, Kirsten N ^l   Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari ^m   Spilsbury, Karen ⁿ   Backman, Annica ^o   Scales, Kezia ^p   Fagertun, Anette ^q   Wu, Bei ^r   Edvardsson, David ^o,s   Lepore, Michael J ^t,u   Leung, Angela Y M ^v   Siegel, Elena O ^w,x   Noguchi Watanabe, Maiko ^y   Wang, Jing ^z   Bowers, Barbara ^aa,ab   more..

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands   (United Kingdom)

^e DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

ⁱ Lleida City Council   (Spain)

^j Schlegel Centre for Advancing Seniors Care   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^o UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p PHI   (United States)

^q WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^r NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t LiveWell Institute   (United States)

^u BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x National Office for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators

^y UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^z FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^ab and Charlotte Jane and Ralph A Rodefer Chair   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICINE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PANDEMIC; STRESS MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WASHINGTON;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 85087835448     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.010     Document Type: Editorial

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