Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers
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Resumo: | Residential care facilities (RCF) for older people are facing high demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the workers’ perspectives on the changes in work and care dynamics amidst the first wave of the pandemic at Portuguese RCF. This is a descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional study. An online questionnaire about pandemic-induced changes in work and care dynamics was sent to 2325 RCF. These entities were then asked to share it with their workers. The participants (n = 784) were mostly women (92.7%) and mostly composed of technical directors (41.6%) and direct-care workers (17.1%). The respondents reported that during the first wave of the pandemic, when compared to the pre-pandemic period, there were greater difficulties in providing care related to the basic necessities of older people (52.7%); direct-care workers were required to work more consecutive hours in each shift (69.95%); direct-care workers had to live at RCF (14.8%), and there were changes concerning the possibility of promoting person-centered care (PCC) practices. It also revealed that focusing on disease prevention and sanitary measures alone facilitates practices that reinforce the traditional model of procedure-centered care and have negative consequences on the rights and well-being of those living and working at RCF, exposing and accentuating preexisting vulnerabilities. This study considers the pandemic’s serious implications and alarming questions about basic care, dignity, living, and working conditions at Portuguese RCF. These notions reinforce the need for change through redefining care policies and practices in Portuguese RCF beyond the pandemic. The current situation provides an opportunity to adopt a formal PCC model. |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility WorkersCOVID-19 pandemicOlder adultsPerson-centered careResidential care facilitiesLong-term carePortugalHealthy agingQuality of careResidential care facilities (RCF) for older people are facing high demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the workers’ perspectives on the changes in work and care dynamics amidst the first wave of the pandemic at Portuguese RCF. This is a descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional study. An online questionnaire about pandemic-induced changes in work and care dynamics was sent to 2325 RCF. These entities were then asked to share it with their workers. The participants (n = 784) were mostly women (92.7%) and mostly composed of technical directors (41.6%) and direct-care workers (17.1%). The respondents reported that during the first wave of the pandemic, when compared to the pre-pandemic period, there were greater difficulties in providing care related to the basic necessities of older people (52.7%); direct-care workers were required to work more consecutive hours in each shift (69.95%); direct-care workers had to live at RCF (14.8%), and there were changes concerning the possibility of promoting person-centered care (PCC) practices. It also revealed that focusing on disease prevention and sanitary measures alone facilitates practices that reinforce the traditional model of procedure-centered care and have negative consequences on the rights and well-being of those living and working at RCF, exposing and accentuating preexisting vulnerabilities. This study considers the pandemic’s serious implications and alarming questions about basic care, dignity, living, and working conditions at Portuguese RCF. These notions reinforce the need for change through redefining care policies and practices in Portuguese RCF beyond the pandemic. The current situation provides an opportunity to adopt a formal PCC model.Maria Miguel Barbosa received a PhD grant for Programa Doutoral em Gerontologia e Geriatria (PDGG, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; University of Porto) from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) under grant SFRH/BD/138897/2018, financed by national funds from Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (MTCES) and Fundo Social Europeu (FSE-EU) through the Programa Operacional Regional Centro (PORC-UE). The APC was funded by Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto.Int. J. Environ. Res. Public HealthuBibliorumBarbosa, Maria MiguelTeixeira, LaetitiaPaúl, ConstançaYanguas, JavierAfonso, Rosa Marina2022-05-23T15:32:01Z2022-05-132022-05-13T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12230eng10.3390/ijerph19105963info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:55:19Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/12230Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:51:53.274275Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers Barbosa, Maria Miguel COVID-19 pandemic Older adults Person-centered care Residential care facilities Long-term care Portugal Healthy aging Quality of care |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers |
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Barbosa, Maria Miguel |
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Barbosa, Maria Miguel Teixeira, Laetitia Paúl, Constança Yanguas, Javier Afonso, Rosa Marina |
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Teixeira, Laetitia Paúl, Constança Yanguas, Javier Afonso, Rosa Marina |
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Barbosa, Maria Miguel Teixeira, Laetitia Paúl, Constança Yanguas, Javier Afonso, Rosa Marina |
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COVID-19 pandemic Older adults Person-centered care Residential care facilities Long-term care Portugal Healthy aging Quality of care |
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COVID-19 pandemic Older adults Person-centered care Residential care facilities Long-term care Portugal Healthy aging Quality of care |
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Residential care facilities (RCF) for older people are facing high demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the workers’ perspectives on the changes in work and care dynamics amidst the first wave of the pandemic at Portuguese RCF. This is a descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional study. An online questionnaire about pandemic-induced changes in work and care dynamics was sent to 2325 RCF. These entities were then asked to share it with their workers. The participants (n = 784) were mostly women (92.7%) and mostly composed of technical directors (41.6%) and direct-care workers (17.1%). The respondents reported that during the first wave of the pandemic, when compared to the pre-pandemic period, there were greater difficulties in providing care related to the basic necessities of older people (52.7%); direct-care workers were required to work more consecutive hours in each shift (69.95%); direct-care workers had to live at RCF (14.8%), and there were changes concerning the possibility of promoting person-centered care (PCC) practices. It also revealed that focusing on disease prevention and sanitary measures alone facilitates practices that reinforce the traditional model of procedure-centered care and have negative consequences on the rights and well-being of those living and working at RCF, exposing and accentuating preexisting vulnerabilities. This study considers the pandemic’s serious implications and alarming questions about basic care, dignity, living, and working conditions at Portuguese RCF. These notions reinforce the need for change through redefining care policies and practices in Portuguese RCF beyond the pandemic. The current situation provides an opportunity to adopt a formal PCC model. |
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