Protecting older people living in care homes from COVID-19: a protocol for a mixed-methods study to understand the challenges and solutions to implementing social distancing and isolation

Introduction Older people living in residential and nursing care homes often have complex needs and are at high risk of poor health outcomes and mortality, especially if they contract COVID-19. Care homes use infection prevention and control measures such as social distancing and isolating residents...

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Main Authors: Sally Brearley, Joanne M Fitzpatrick, Anne Marie Rafferty, Sarah Sims, Richard Adams, Shereen Hussein, Ivanka Ezhova, Sinead Palmer, Lindsay Rees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e050706.full
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