Safety trade-offs in home care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study capturing the perspective of frontline workers.

Godwin Osei-Poku; Ola Szczerepa; Alicia Potter; M.E Malone; Barbara Fain; Julia Prentice

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Safety trade-offs in home care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study capturing the perspective of frontline workers.

September 29, 2021

Osei-Poku G, Szczerepa O, Potter A, et al. Patient Safety. 2021;3(3):6-17.

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This mixed-methods study examined the experiences of home healthcare workers in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating home care workers noted that the lack of necessary resources (e.g., PPE, testing) and insufficient guidance specific to home care settings made their working conditions feel unsafe.

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