"Because if I don’t hold his hand then I might as well not be there”: Experiences of Dutch and UK care home visiting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Objectives To explore and compare the experiences of care home visits during the pandemic in the UK and the Netherlands. Design Qualitative semi-structured interview studies. Setting and participants Family carers of relatives residing in care homes in the UK and the Netherlands were interviewed remotely. Methods Family carers were asked about their experiences of care home visits during the pandemic, and specifically in the Netherlands after care homes had reopened. Transcripts were analyzed in each country separately in the native language using thematic analysis, before discussing findings... Mehr ...