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Commentary

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

by
Matteo Bolcato
1,*,
Marco Trabucco Aurilio
2,*,
Giulio Di Mizio
3,
Andrea Piccioni
4,
Alessandro Feola
5,
Alessandro Bonsignore
6,
Camilla Tettamanti
6,
Rosagemma Ciliberti
7,
Daniele Rodriguez
1 and
Anna Aprile
1
1
Legal Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via G. Falloppio 50, 35121 Padua, Italy
2
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio,” University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
3
Forensic Medicine, Department of Law, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
4
Department of Emergency Medicine, Gemelli, IRCCS (Scientific Institute for Hospitalization and Treatment), Catholic University of Rome-Teaching Hospital Foundation A, 00168 Rome, Italy
5
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, via Luciano Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, Italy
6
Department of Health Sciences, Section of Legal and Forensic Medicine, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
7
Department of Health Sciences, Section of History of Medicine and Bioethics, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
*
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(5), 2484; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052484
Submission received: 9 January 2021 / Revised: 10 February 2021 / Accepted: 26 February 2021 / Published: 3 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clinical Risk Management: As Modern Tool for Prevention and Management of Care and Prevention Occupational Risk)
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Abstract

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.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; nursing homes; health workers; clinical risk management; patient safety; ethics COVID-19 pandemic; nursing homes; health workers; clinical risk management; patient safety; ethics

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Bolcato, M.; Trabucco Aurilio, M.; Di Mizio, G.; Piccioni, A.; Feola, A.; Bonsignore, A.; Tettamanti, C.; Ciliberti, R.; Rodriguez, D.; Aprile, A. The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2484. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052484

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Bolcato M, Trabucco Aurilio M, Di Mizio G, Piccioni A, Feola A, Bonsignore A, Tettamanti C, Ciliberti R, Rodriguez D, Aprile A. The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(5):2484. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052484

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Bolcato, Matteo, Marco Trabucco Aurilio, Giulio Di Mizio, Andrea Piccioni, Alessandro Feola, Alessandro Bonsignore, Camilla Tettamanti, Rosagemma Ciliberti, Daniele Rodriguez, and Anna Aprile. 2021. "The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2484. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052484

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Bolcato, M., Trabucco Aurilio, M., Di Mizio, G., Piccioni, A., Feola, A., Bonsignore, A., Tettamanti, C., Ciliberti, R., Rodriguez, D., & Aprile, A. (2021). The Difficult Balance between Ensuring the Right of Nursing Home Residents to Communication and Their Safety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2484. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052484

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