Safe Visiting is Essential for Nursing Home Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Perspective

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, the Netherlands.
⁵ Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ NICHE-Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁸ NICHE-Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richman, Virginia, USA.
¹⁰ Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.

Lee-Fay Low et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;22(5):977-978.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.020. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, the Netherlands.
⁵ Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ NICHE-Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁸ NICHE-Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richman, Virginia, USA.
¹⁰ Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.

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