Reducing Social Isolation of Seniors during COVID-19 through Medical Student Telephone Contact
Reducing Social Isolation of Seniors during COVID-19 through Medical Student Telephone Contact
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.003
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Lindquist, Lee A.
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作者：
Office, Emma E.;Rodenstein, Marissa S.;Lindquist, Lee A.
社会孤立与老年人的许多不良健康结果有关。我们描述了一项电话外展计划，其中医疗保健专业学生志愿者给居住在长期护理机构和社区中、在 COVID-19 大流行期间面临社会孤立风险的老年人打电话。谈话主题与应对相关，包括恐惧或不安全感、孤立和支持来源；健康;以及个人话题，例如家人和朋友、爱好和生活经历。学生志愿者认为这些电话对学生和老年人都有影响，电话接听者对接到电话以及转介他们来电的医生表示感谢。这种电话外展策略很容易推广，并且可以被医学院采用，以利用学生在许多环境中与社会孤立的老年人建立联系。 (C) 2020 AMDA - 急性后和长期护理医学协会。
Social isolation has been associated with many adverse health outcomes in older adults. We describe a phone call outreach program in which health care professional student volunteers phoned older adults, living in long-term care facilities and the community, at risk of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversation topics were related to coping, including fears or insecurities, isolation, and sources of support; health; and personal topics such as family and friends, hobbies, and life experiences. Student volunteers felt the calls were impactful both for the students and for the seniors, and call recipients expressed appreciation for receiving the calls and for the physicians who referred them for a call. This phone outreach strategy is easily generalizable and can be adopted by medical schools to leverage students to connect to socially isolated seniors in numerous settings. (C) 2020 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.