COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions
Pandemic policies created conditions that evoked or amplified behavioural and psychological symptoms among residents. Pandemic restrictions forced staff to balance resident care, staff safety, infection control, and medication standards. P…
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Pandemic policies created conditions that evoked or amplified behavioural and psychological symptoms among residents. Pandemic restrictions forced staff to balance resident care, staff safety, infection control, and medication standards. Physical and social isolation were especially difficult for residents accustomed to wandering or socialising. Future outbreak planning should account for interactions between infection control, dementia care, staff stress, communication, and medication use.