Challenges of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities for older adults in Hispano-American countries (Brazil ,Chile)

Project status

Complete

Contact

Patrick Alexander Wachholz

Institution web page

https://www.fmb.unesp.br/#!/ensino/pos-graduacao/mestrado-academico-e-doutorado/programas-de-pos-graduacao/pgpesquisaclinica/

Host institution

Professional Master´s degree in Clinical Research centre, Medical School (FMB) of São Paulo State University (Unesp), Botucatu Campus

Team members

Patrick A. Wachholz (Unesp), Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto (UNIFESP), Ruth Caldeira de Melo (USP), José Luis Dinamarca-Montecinos (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile),Paulo J.F. Villas Boas (Unesp)

Project Summary

This pilot study aimed to describe the preparedness of Hispano-American care homes managers to face the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study was based on the application of an online survey adopting WHO IPC guidance. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data.

Outputs / Expected Outputs

A preprint is available at:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.986

The paper was accepted and will be published soon in Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (https://www.ggaging.com).

There are a further two papers available in preprint repositories:

Impact of long-term care facility size on preparedness and adherence to infection prevention and control guidance for the mitigation of COVID-19

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.12.21258774v1

Methodological Description of Mapping Brazilian Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults

https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/3035