. 2021 Oct 22;42(6):1547–1555. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.10.012

Table 1.

Resident and family interview guides.

Resident Interview Guide	Family Interview Guide
1. Start by telling me a bit about yourself. 2. What do you think about the public health measures that have been taken to protect residents in long term care? 3. How do you find out what is happening with the pandemic? How have policies and changes been communicated to you? 4. How did you find out about the visitor restrictions that were put in place in March? 5. What do you think about the visitor restrictions that were put in place in March? How has that impacted you? 6. Can you tell me about what the pandemic has been like for you, living in a long-term care facility? 7. How have you been able to stay connected to friends and family during the pandemic? 8. How has your quality of life been impacted by the pandemic? 9. What could long-term care organizations do in the future to improve the response to the pandemic? 10. What could long-term care organizations do in the future to improve resident quality of life during the pandemic?	1. Start by telling me a bit about yourself and your loved one in long-term care. 2. What do you think about the public health measures that have been put in place to protect residents in long term care? a. Is your family member aware of the pandemic? What do they think about the public health measures? 3. What do you think about the visitor restrictions that were put in place in March? How has that impacted you? How has that impacted your loved one? 4. How did you find out about the visitation restrictions put in place in March? 5. How do you find out what is happening with the pandemic? How have policies and changes at the long-term care home been communicated to you? a. How do you find out how your loved one is doing? 6. Can you tell me about what the pandemic has been like for you, with a loved one living in a long-term care facility? 7. How have you been able to stay connected to your loved one in long-term care during the pandemic? 8. How has your quality of life been impacted by the pandemic? a. How has your loved one's quality of life been impacted? 9. What could long-term care organizations do in the future to improve the response to the pandemic?

Resident Interview Guide

Family Interview Guide

1.
Start by telling me a bit about yourself.
2.
What do you think about the public health measures that have been taken to protect residents in long term care?
3.
How do you find out what is happening with the pandemic? How have policies and changes been communicated to you?
4.
How did you find out about the visitor restrictions that were put in place in March?
5.
What do you think about the visitor restrictions that were put in place in March? How has that impacted you?
6.
Can you tell me about what the pandemic has been like for you, living in a long-term care facility?
7.
How have you been able to stay connected to friends and family during the pandemic?
8.
How has your quality of life been impacted by the pandemic?
9.
What could long-term care organizations do in the future to improve the response to the pandemic?
10.
What could long-term care organizations do in the future to improve resident quality of life during the pandemic?

1.
Start by telling me a bit about yourself and your loved one in long-term care.
2.
What do you think about the public health measures that have been put in place to protect residents in long term care?
- a.
  Is your family member aware of the pandemic? What do they think about the public health measures?
3.
What do you think about the visitor restrictions that were put in place in March? How has that impacted you? How has that impacted your loved one?
4.
How did you find out about the visitation restrictions put in place in March?
5.
How do you find out what is happening with the pandemic? How have policies and changes at the long-term care home been communicated to you?
- a.
  How do you find out how your loved one is doing?
6.
Can you tell me about what the pandemic has been like for you, with a loved one living in a long-term care facility?
7.
How have you been able to stay connected to your loved one in long-term care during the pandemic?
8.
How has your quality of life been impacted by the pandemic?
- a.
  How has your loved one's quality of life been impacted?
9.
What could long-term care organizations do in the future to improve the response to the pandemic?