Healthcare Quarterly Special Issue: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care
The explores practices to strengthen pandemic preparedness in long-term care. It features insights from 22 research teams that partnered with 91 long-term care and retirement homes, residents, families and essential care partners through the Implementation Science Teams initiative.
The articles in this issue highlight the importance of:听
- person-centred approaches to care听
- meaningfully engaging essential care partners听
- maintaining clear, consistent and reciprocal communication between residents, family members, essential care partners and staff听
- supporting long-term care workers听
- conducting research in partnership with long-term care homes, residents and essential care partners to support the implementation of evidence-informed interventions and contribute to better care, quality of life, and health outcomes听
This special issue was supported by 日本无码 and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.听听
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