{"id":4670,"date":"2020-11-30T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccna-ccnv.ca\/ccna_publication\/social-connection-in-long-term-care-homes-a-scoping-review-of-published-research-on-the-mental-health-impacts-and-potential-strategies-during-covid-19-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:57:19","slug":"social-connection-in-long-term-care-homes-a-scoping-review-of-published-research-on-the-mental-health-impacts-and-potential-strategies-during-covid-19-2","status":"publish","type":"ccna_publication","link":"https:\/\/ccna-ccnv.ca\/fr\/ccna_publication\/social-connection-in-long-term-care-homes-a-scoping-review-of-published-research-on-the-mental-health-impacts-and-potential-strategies-during-covid-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social connection in long-term care homes: A scoping review of published research on the mental health impacts and potential strategies during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"secsectitle0010\" class=\"top\" tabindex=\"0\" data-left-hand-nav=\"ABSTRACT\"><span class=\"top__text\">ABSTRACT<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">\n<h3>Objectives<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">Good social connection is associated with better health and wellbeing. However, social connection has distinct considerations for people living in long-term care (LTC) homes. The objective of this scoping review was to summarize research literature linking social connection to mental health outcomes, specifically among LTC residents, as well as research to identify strategies to help build and maintain social connection in this population during COVID-19.<\/div>\n<h3>Design<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">Scoping review.<\/div>\n<h3>Settings and Participants<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">Residents of LTC homes, care homes and nursing homes.<\/div>\n<h3>Methods<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">We searched MEDLINE(R) ALL (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), PsycINFO (Ovid), Scopus, Sociological Abstracts (Proquest), Embase and Embase Classic (Ovid), Emcare Nursing (Ovid) and AgeLine (EBSCO) for research that quantified an aspect of social connection among LTC residents; we limited searches to English-language articles published from database inception to search date (July 2019). For the current analysis, we included studies that reported: (1) the association between social connection and a mental health outcome; (2) the association between a modifiable risk factor and social connection; or (3) intervention studies with social connection as an outcome. From studies in (2) and (3), we identified strategies that could be implemented and adapted by LTC residents, families and staff during COVID-19 and included the papers that informed these strategies.<\/div>\n<h3>Results<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">We included 133 studies in our review. We found 61 studies that tested the association between social connection and a mental health outcome. We highlighted 12 strategies, informed by 72 observational and intervention studies, that might help LTC residents, families and staff build and maintain social connection for LTC residents.<\/div>\n<h3>Conclusions and Implications<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-paragraph\">Published research conducted among LTC residents has linked good social connection to better mental health outcomes. Observational and intervention studies provide some evidence on approaches to address social connection in this population. Although further research is needed, it does not obviate the need to act given the sudden and severe impact of COVID-19 on social connection in LTC residents.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"studies-relation":[],"class_list":["post-4670","ccna_publication","type-ccna_publication","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Social connection in long-term care homes: A scoping review of published research on the mental health impacts and potential strategies during COVID-19 - CCNA - CCNV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ccna-ccnv.ca\/fr\/ccna_publication\/social-connection-in-long-term-care-homes-a-scoping-review-of-published-research-on-the-mental-health-impacts-and-potential-strategies-during-covid-19-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social connection in long-term care homes: A scoping review of published research on the mental health impacts and potential strategies during COVID-19 - 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