Providing Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experience of Formal Caregivers in Long-Term Care Facilities in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorAraya, Alejandra-Ximena
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Josefa
dc.contributor.authorOyanedel, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorIriarte, Evelyn
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:11:27Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:11:27Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe current study aimed to identify the main challenges to formal caregivers from different long-term care facilities (LTCFs) that care for older adults (aged >= 60 years) in Chile during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Chile's national LTCF gov-erning body (SENAMA) sent a survey to 1,190 LTCFs, receiving 996 responses. LTCF characteristics were number of residents, certification with SENAMA, licensure, geographic zone, and poverty level. Four dimensions were assessed: (a) concerns, (b) challenges, (c) needs, and (d) opportunities for improvement. The majority of respondents replied negatively to these four dimensions. Among those who re-sponded positively, the fear of infecting a loved one, staff shortages and overwork, the need for access to psychological support, and improving payments were among formal caregivers' primary concerns. Targeting supportive interventions for formal caregivers, clinically and psychologically, is essential to preserve caregivers' health. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 49(5), 39-44.]
dc.description.funderANID - Millennium Science Initiative Program, Chile
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3928/00989134-20230414-04
dc.identifier.eissn1938-243X
dc.identifier.issn0098-9134
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20230414-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92146
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000986735700006
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final+
dc.pagina.inicio39
dc.revistaJournal of gerontological nursing
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleProviding Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experience of Formal Caregivers in Long-Term Care Facilities in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen49
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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