"You want them to be partners in therapy, but that's tricky when they're not there": A qualitative study exploring caregiver involvement across the continuum of care during the early COVID pandemic

CONCLUSIONS: Visitor restrictions prevent family caregivers from being physically present at patients' bedside, leading to complex and detrimental impacts such as caregivers feeling that they were not engaged in their loved one's care planning until they were discharged. In turn, discharge to the community was met with several challenges including caregivers feeling underprepared and unsupported to meet their loved one's unique care requirements. This was exacerbated by a lack of community-based resources due to ongoing pandemic restrictions.PMID:37518867 | DOI:10.1177/02692155231191011

Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - July 30, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Marina B Wasilewski Zara Szigeti Christine L Sheppard Jacqueline Minezes Sander L Hitzig Amanda L Mayo Lawrence R Robinson Maria Lung Robert Simpson Source Type: research