The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety

The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety

The COVID-19 epidemic has had a profound impact on healthcare systems worldwide. The number of infections in nursing homes for the elderly particularly is significantly high, with a high mortality rate as a result. In order to contain infection risks for both residents and employees of such faciliti...

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Main Authors: Matteo Bolcato, Marco Trabucco Aurilio, Giulio Di Mizio, Andrea Piccioni, Alessandro Feola, Alessandro Bonsignore, Camilla Tettamanti, Rosagemma Ciliberti, Daniele Rodriguez, Anna Aprile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
COVID-19 pandemic
nursing homes
health workers
clinical risk management
patient safety
ethics
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2484
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spelling doaj-61f86da55c3b4b4cae16defbc3aa1a642021-03-04T00:02:45ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-03-01182484248410.3390/ijerph18052484The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their SafetyMatteo Bolcato0Marco Trabucco Aurilio1Giulio Di Mizio2Andrea Piccioni3Alessandro Feola4Alessandro Bonsignore5Camilla Tettamanti6Rosagemma Ciliberti7Daniele Rodriguez8Anna Aprile9Legal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via G. Falloppio 50, 35121 Padua, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio,” University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyForensic Medicine, Department of Law, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, ItalyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Gemelli, IRCCS (Scientific Institute for Hospitalization and Treatment), Catholic University of Rome-Teaching Hospital Foundation A, 00168 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, via Luciano Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Health Sciences, Section of Legal and Forensic Medicine, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, ItalyDepartment of Health Sciences, Section of Legal and Forensic Medicine, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, ItalyDepartment of Health Sciences, Section of History of Medicine and Bioethics, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, ItalyLegal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via G. Falloppio 50, 35121 Padua, ItalyLegal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via G. Falloppio 50, 35121 Padua, ItalyThe COVID-19 epidemic has had a profound impact on healthcare systems worldwide. The number of infections in nursing homes for the elderly particularly is significantly high, with a high mortality rate as a result. In order to contain infection risks for both residents and employees of such facilities, the Italian government passed emergency legislation during the initial stages of the pandemic to restrict outside visitor access. On 30 November 2020, the Italian President of the Council of Ministers issued a new decree recognizing the social and emotional value of visits to patients from family and friends. In addition, it indicated prevention measures for the purposes of containing the infection risk within nursing homes for the elderly. This article comments on these new legislative provisions from the medicolegal perspective, providing indications that can be used in clinical practice.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2484COVID-19 pandemicnursing homeshealth workersclinical risk managementpatient safetyethics
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author Matteo Bolcato
Marco Trabucco Aurilio
Giulio Di Mizio
Andrea Piccioni
Alessandro Feola
Alessandro Bonsignore
Camilla Tettamanti
Rosagemma Ciliberti
Daniele Rodriguez
Anna Aprile
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Marco Trabucco Aurilio
Giulio Di Mizio
Andrea Piccioni
Alessandro Feola
Alessandro Bonsignore
Camilla Tettamanti
Rosagemma Ciliberti
Daniele Rodriguez
Anna Aprile
The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
COVID-19 pandemic
nursing homes
health workers
clinical risk management
patient safety
ethics
author_facet Matteo Bolcato
Marco Trabucco Aurilio
Giulio Di Mizio
Andrea Piccioni
Alessandro Feola
Alessandro Bonsignore
Camilla Tettamanti
Rosagemma Ciliberti
Daniele Rodriguez
Anna Aprile
author_sort Matteo Bolcato
title The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety
title_short The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety
title_full The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety
title_fullStr The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety
title_full_unstemmed The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety
title_sort difficult balance between ensuring the right of nursing home residents to communication and their safety
publisher MDPI AG
series International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn 1661-7827
1660-4601
publishDate 2021-03-01
description The COVID-19 epidemic has had a profound impact on healthcare systems worldwide. The number of infections in nursing homes for the elderly particularly is significantly high, with a high mortality rate as a result. In order to contain infection risks for both residents and employees of such facilities, the Italian government passed emergency legislation during the initial stages of the pandemic to restrict outside visitor access. On 30 November 2020, the Italian President of the Council of Ministers issued a new decree recognizing the social and emotional value of visits to patients from family and friends. In addition, it indicated prevention measures for the purposes of containing the infection risk within nursing homes for the elderly. This article comments on these new legislative provisions from the medicolegal perspective, providing indications that can be used in clinical practice.
topic COVID-19 pandemic
nursing homes
health workers
clinical risk management
patient safety
ethics
url https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2484
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