Table 2.

Interview Guide Domains and Probes

Regarding the Individual	What has been your experience during the pandemic?
	How has COVID impacted you personally? Good changes as well as less desired changes.
	How has the pandemic impacted your mental health? Positive/negative as well as effective strategies to cope.
	How has your physical health been impacted by the pandemic? Probe for exercise, strategies to promote.
	How has COVID impacted your family or social life? Probe: in domains of family time together, new routines, positive aspects, as well as negative impacts.
	What strategies have you used to get through this experience? What helps you relax and stay well?
Regarding the facility and workplace	What was it like in the facility when COVID first started (first wave vs now)?
	How has the work you do changed in response to COVID protocols?
	Has this COVID experience changed your career plans in long-term care? Has it impacted your desire to remain in this sector?
Other questions	Have there been any positive changes throughout the course of the pandemic?
	If our research team could take one message to decision makers about COVID's impact on long-term care homes, resident care and your work life, what would it be?
	Is there anything else you want to tell me or that you think we need to understand?

Participants were invited to start the conversation in any area of personal, staff, resident, or organizational impact. Participants were additionally asked to reflect on their perception of pandemic impact on others, specifically their staff and residents. Those data were not included in this study.