CoLABOR is conducting a study on "The Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes," through the application of an online questionnaire survey to all Residential Structures for Elderly People (ERPI) and Long-Term Care and Maintenance Units (ULDM) of the National Network of Integrated Continuing Care (RNCCI) in mainland Portugal.
The nationwide study is being conducted in partnership with the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) and the National Confederation of Solidarity Institutions (CNIS). The study also has the support of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (MTSSS), as well as all partners represented on the Permanent Commission of the Social and Solidarity Sector (CPSS) and the President of ALI – Association for Home Support, Nursing Homes and Retirement Homes for the Elderly.
On March 11th and 12th, CoLABOR sent questionnaire response links via email to the identified universe of ERPI and ULDM/RCCI in the national territory, using the email address invites@mailer.surveygizmo.com and licensed software (ALCHEMER).
If any institution has not received the email regarding the questionnaire completion, or has received fewer links than the number of ERPIs (Residential Structures for the Elderly) available to it, please check your email's spam folder beforehand. If it is necessary to resend the links or send additional links, please write to us at estudos@colabor.pt to receive them.
CoLABOR also provides access to the questionnaire completion guide and recommends reading it beforehand:
A guide aimed at residential care homes for the elderly, available here.
A guide for ULDM/RNCCI is available here.
The questionnaire is anonymous, and CoLABOR protects the confidentiality of the responding entities.
CoLABOR thanks the ERPIs and ULDM/RNCCI for their participation in the ongoing survey until April 30th.
The participation of institutions is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms of vulnerability and the good practices followed in the context of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the protection of the elderly in Portugal, as well as to improve the characterization of existing social responses and contribute to the formulation of social and health public policies.
