Cuidados Oferecidos por Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos durante a COVID-19: Revisão de Escopo

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented visibility to long-term care institutions and their elderly residents, requiring protective measures for the prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Objective: To map the care provided by Long-Term Care Institutions to elderly residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: A scoping review with study selection from the PubMed and LILACS databases, resulting in a final sample of 43 studies analyzed in an exploratory and descriptive manner. Results: The included articles were grouped into three categories: vaccines, mortality, and quality of life. The latter was subdivided into protocols, users, and professionals. Most of the texts focused on the creation or analysis of new protocols to combat COVID-19. Conclusion: The pandemic represented a major challenge for elderly residents in long-term care institutions. Managers, workers, and family members learned from the experience, but public policies that improve the quality of life for these residents are still needed.