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Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workers

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dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Maria Miguel
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Laetitia
dc.contributor.authorPaúl, Constança
dc.contributor.authorYanguas, Javier
dc.contributor.authorAfonso, Rosa Marina
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-23T15:32:01Z
dc.date.available2022-05-23T15:32:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-13
dc.description.abstractResidential 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.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipMaria 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.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph19105963pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12230
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Healthpt_PT
dc.relationAtenção Centrada na pessoa na prestação de cuidados na velhice: abordagens e instrumentos de avaliação
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicpt_PT
dc.subjectOlder adultspt_PT
dc.subjectPerson-centered carept_PT
dc.subjectResidential care facilitiespt_PT
dc.subjectLong-term carept_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectHealthy agingpt_PT
dc.subjectQuality of carept_PT
dc.titleCaring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Residential Care Facility Workerspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleAtenção Centrada na pessoa na prestação de cuidados na velhice: abordagens e instrumentos de avaliação
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POR_CENTRO/SFRH%2FBD%2F138897%2F2018/PT
oaire.citation.issue10pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage5963pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume19pt_PT
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