Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

Katherine S McGilton¹, Astrid Escrig-Pinol², Adam Gordon³, Charlene H Chu⁴, Franziska Zúñiga⁵, Montserrat Gea Sanchez⁶, Veronique Boscart⁷, Julienne Meyer⁸, Kirsten N Corazzini⁹, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto¹⁰, Karen Spilsbury¹¹, Annica Backman¹², Kezia Scales¹³, Anette Fagertun¹⁴, Bei Wu¹⁵, David Edvardsson¹⁶, Michael J Lepore¹⁷, Angela Y M Leung¹⁸, Elena O Siegel¹⁹, Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe²⁰, Jing Wang²¹, Barbara Bowers²²

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¹ KITE Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Kathy.mcgilton@uhn.ca.
² KITE Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Medical Services and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC-EM), Nottingham, UK; Department of Medicine for the Elderly, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Derby, UK.
⁴ KITE Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Nursing Science, Department Public Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain; College of Nurses in Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
⁷ Schlegel/CIHR Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Seniors' Care, School of Health & Life Sciences, Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Nursing: Care for Older People, Division of Nursing, City, School of Health Sciences, University of London, UK.
⁹ School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
¹⁰ Geriatrics and Gerontology Discipline, Internal Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ School of Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
¹² Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
¹³ PHI, Bronx, NY.
¹⁴ Centre for Care Research West, Western Norway, University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
¹⁵ Global Health, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY.
¹⁶ Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; School of Nursing & Midwifery, La Trobe University, Australia.
¹⁷ LiveWell Institute, Southington, CT; Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI.
¹⁸ Centre for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
¹⁹ Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA; National Office for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.
²⁰ Gerontological Homecare and Long-term Care Nursing, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
²¹ School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
²² School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Associate Dean for Research, and Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair, USA.

PMID: 32674829
PMCID: PMC7287421
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.010

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Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

Katherine S McGilton et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;21(7):962-965.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.010. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

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¹ KITE Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Kathy.mcgilton@uhn.ca.
² KITE Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Medical Services and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC-EM), Nottingham, UK; Department of Medicine for the Elderly, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Derby, UK.
⁴ KITE Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Nursing Science, Department Public Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain; College of Nurses in Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
⁷ Schlegel/CIHR Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Seniors' Care, School of Health & Life Sciences, Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Nursing: Care for Older People, Division of Nursing, City, School of Health Sciences, University of London, UK.
⁹ School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
¹⁰ Geriatrics and Gerontology Discipline, Internal Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ School of Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
¹² Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
¹³ PHI, Bronx, NY.
¹⁴ Centre for Care Research West, Western Norway, University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
¹⁵ Global Health, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY.
¹⁶ Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; School of Nursing & Midwifery, La Trobe University, Australia.
¹⁷ LiveWell Institute, Southington, CT; Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI.
¹⁸ Centre for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
¹⁹ Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA; National Office for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.
²⁰ Gerontological Homecare and Long-term Care Nursing, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
²¹ School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
²² School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Associate Dean for Research, and Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair, USA.

PMID: 32674829
PMCID: PMC7287421
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.010

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