The conditions imposed by the Covid-19 outbreaks forced residential care (RC) facilities to experience new challenges and to adopt new practices. The aim of the current study is to analyze how RC facilities have experienced and managed confinement during the 1st wave of the pandemic. A thematic analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals responsible for managing crisis in RC facilities. The main implications of the confinement measures on RC dynamics and relations were organized in three major themes: Chaos, novelty and organization; reinventing normalization and deconfinement. The pandemic exposes the structural weaknesses of RC, namely mobility of human resources, scarcity of supportive networks, and fragilities in providing comprehensive and integrative care. These factors need to be considered when addressing risk/vulnerability and discussing best practices and policies on child/youth welfare domain. Future studies should explore representations of important key actors as youth, families and other professionals from youth care.

Covid-19 爆发所施加的条件迫使住宅护理 (RC) 设施面临新的挑战并采用新的做法。当前研究的目的是分析 RC 设施在第一波大流行期间如何经历和管理禁闭。对负责管理 RC 设施危机的专业人员进行了 20 次半结构化访谈的主题分析。限制措施对 RC 动态和关系的主要影响分为三大主题：混乱、新颖性和组织；重塑规范化和解除限制。大流行暴露了 RC 的结构性弱点，即人力资源的流动性、支持网络的稀缺性以及提供全面和综合护理的脆弱性。在解决风险/脆弱性和讨论儿童/青少年福利领域的最佳实践和政策时，需要考虑这些因素。未来的研究应探讨青年、家庭和其他青年护理专业人员等重要关键行为者的代表性。