LONGITUDINAL QUALITATIVE RESULTS FROM STAFF IMPLEMENTING MONTESSORI DURING THE PANDEMIC
Michelle Hilgeman, Katherine Kennedy, Whitney Mills, A Snow, Teddy Bishop, Nathalie McIntosh, Kimberly Curyto · 2024
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Michelle Hilgeman and co-authors present a 2024 study on Montessori methods in veterans' nursing homes during covid. Montessori care prizes autonomy, dignity, and independence for residents. Pandemic rules clashed with those values by restricting freedom. The team followed a stepped trial in eight Veterans Affairs homes from 2021 to 2023, interviewing 168 staff five times over a year.
Covid rates in most homes stayed below one percent of resident days. Two sites spiked far higher. Staff told of shifting rules and uneven readings of them across sites. Isolation, loneliness, and burnout followed. Creative fixes, such as walkie-talkies, kept Montessori work alive inside the rules. Staff said the approach lifted morale and gave residents a stronger voice. Crisis care needs person-centered anchors, the authors say.
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| CREATOR | Michelle Hilgeman, Katherine Kennedy, Whitney Mills, A Snow, Teddy Bishop, Nathalie McIntosh, Kimberly Curyto |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |