Dilemmas With Restrictive Visiting Policies in Dutch Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of an Open-Ended Questionnaire With Elderly Care Physicians

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2020, Pages 1774-1781.e2

  Sizoo, Eefje M ^a   Monnier, Annelie A ^a   Bloemen, Maryam ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a   Smalbrugge, Martin ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COVID 19; Elderly care; nursing homes; visiting policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DECISION MAKING; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT VISITOR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COVID-19; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PANDEMICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SARS-COV-2; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 85097004133     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.10.024     Document Type: Article

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