在COVID-19大流行期间解决痴呆症护理需求:家庭护理工作者的观点
Journal of gerontological nursing
|January 8, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,家庭护理工作者面临着挑战,但调整了他们的做法,以支持痴呆症患者. 调查结果为痴呆症护理中未来的流行病准备策略提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 痴呆症护理 痴呆症护理 痴呆症护理
背景情况:
- "COVID-19"大流行严重影响了医疗保健服务,特别是在家庭护理机构.
- 家庭护理工作者为患有痴呆症的客户提供必要的支持,这是一个脆弱的人群.
- 了解与流行病相关的挑战对于保持高质量的痴呆症护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,确定痴呆症患者的家庭护理中的障碍,促进者和适应措施.
- 探索在疫情期间家庭护理工作者的经验.
- 为支持家庭护理工作者和痴呆症患者的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 与密歇根州东南部的34名家庭护理工作者进行了半结构化采访.
- 参与者招募的受访者驱动的抽样.
- 使用理论领域框架和编码软件进行定性内容分析.
主要成果:
- 出现了五个主要主题:流行病预防措施的挑战,个人防护设备对沟通的影响,因隔离而增加的客户恐惧,需要更大的耐心,以及持续的整体护理.
- 家庭护理工作者在他们的护理实践中表现出了性和适应能力.
- 个人防护设备阻碍了沟通,而整体护理实践则促进了福祉.
结论:
- 家庭护理工作者在疫情期间成功适应客户需求.
- 该研究强调了在健康危机期间为家庭护理工作者提供有针对性的支持策略的必要性.
- 这些发现对于制定未来痴呆症护理的流行病准备计划至关重要.
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