Pandemic, Restrictions Have Increased Mental Health Risks for Nursing Home Caregivers
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No matter one鈥檚 age, race, gender, socioeconomic status or political party, COVID-19 has impacted everyone at some level. That impact has been especially palpable for the approximately 1.3 million elderly Americans who reside in the country鈥檚 15,600 nursing homes.
Inside these facilities, the forced isolation caused by COVID-19 disrupted daily routines and left many of the residents with higher-then-normal levels of stress, anxiety and depression. Because many of these elderly individuals lack the resources or knowledge to use communications tools such as FaceTime or Zoom, their family and friends had no way to visit them except through a facility window.
What these family members couldn鈥檛 see as they peered through their loved one鈥檚 glass frame was the mental toll the pandemic was taking on the facility鈥檚 health care staff.
