LTCcovid aims to:
- Document the impact of COVID-19 on people who rely on long-term care (including unpaid care) and those who provide it
- Share information about policy and practice measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in long-term care and gather evidence about their success or otherwise.
- Analyse the long-term implications of this pandemic for long-term care policy.
COUNTRY REPORTS
Impact of COVID-19 long-term care system, policy and practice measures adopted, implementation challenges
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Cross-country reports covering data on impact of COVID-19 and policy and practice measures
EMERGING EVIDENCE
Summaries of studies on the impact of COVID-19 on long-term care and evaluations of mitigation measures.
CURATED RESOURCES
Links to websites with guidance and other materials to support both service providers and people who
use long-term care
Latest Blog Posts
- Making the case for strong health information systems – also in Long-Term CareBy Andrea E. Schmidt1, Linda A. Abboud2, Petronille Bogaert2,3 1 Senior Health Expert, Department of Health Economics and Health Systems Analysis, Austrian National Public Health Institute,… Read More »Making the case for strong health information systems – also in Long-Term Care
- Webinar announcement: The social care sector in England and COVID-19: mapping the way towards recovery and increased resilience, 24th May 2pm GMTThis webinar will be an opportunity to share, and gather feedback on, research to identify areas in which international evidence can inform policy and practice… Read More »Webinar announcement: The social care sector in England and COVID-19: mapping the way towards recovery and increased resilience, 24th May 2pm GMT
- COVID-19 outbreaks during or shortly after vaccination of care home residents: summary of three studies from the US and GermanyEvidence summary by Sian Smith, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) This summary covers three… Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks during or shortly after vaccination of care home residents: summary of three studies from the US and Germany
- Webinar announcement: Using video simulations to help LTC homes improve responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the Next steps in COVID-19 responses in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes series (Health Care Excellence, Canada)Next Steps in COVID-19 Response in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes 17 May, 2020 at 12pm Eastern Time in Canada and 5pm UK Time As… Read More »Webinar announcement: Using video simulations to help LTC homes improve responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the Next steps in COVID-19 responses in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes series (Health Care Excellence, Canada)
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🚨New research out today:
"Crystallising the Case for Deinstitutionalisation:
COVID-19 and the Experiences of Persons with Disabilities"
Click below for the press release, an easy read report, & a full report.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2021/e-May-21/COVID-19-has-had-devastating-impact-on-people-living-in-institutional-settings
New paper published in @NatureMedicine:
#Healthsystems resilience in managing the #COVID19 #pandemic: lessons from 28 countries
Key analysis that informed @TheIndPanel's findings & recommendations
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01381-y
Video 2: Social care & support services have been hit badly by the pandemic - struggling with how to provide good care remotely. @TheBrainCharity has done just that though, adapting their singing and dancing groups to remote care! #DementiaActionWeek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5f3WS62tLM
New @scotgovhealth guidance for #carehomes around visits outside the home affirming value & purpose https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2020/06/coronavirus-covid-19-adult-care-homes-visiting-guidance/documents/open-with-care-documents/open-with-care---outings-away-from-the-care-home---additional-guidance---17-may-2021/open-with-care---outings-away-from-the-care-home---additional-guidance---17-may-2021/govscot%3Adocument/Open%2Bwith%2BCare%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2Boutings%2Baway%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Bcare%2Bhome%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2Badditional%2Bguidance%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2B17%2BMay%2B2021.pdf #openwithcare @LTCcovid
Vulnerable or not, we all want this pandemic to end! But some are more #equal than others - we discuss #pandemicpreparedness for people in precarious situations with the #Portuguese EU presidency this Thu, 20 May, 12-1 pm, join in! Pls register: https://goeg.at/vulnerable_groups #EUPHW
#Geriatrics , #Gerontology and #aging - GGA INVITES SUBMISSIONS FOR A "SPECIALCALL ON #RESEARCH IN #LONGTERMCARE FOR #OLDERPEOPLE
Read our 1st #Editorial
http://tinyurl.com/n92cwfs5
"Caring throughout life: peculiarities of long-term care for public policies without ageism"
Pls RT
📢#PublicationAlert: Super excited to publish at the #Vaccines (IF: 4.08). We investigated #COVID19 vaccine acceptance across nine Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs; N = 10,183), assuming vaccine effectiveness at 90% and 95%.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/5/
Association Between Nursing Home Crowding and #COVID19 Infection and Mortality: shared bedrooms and bathrooms are associated with larger and deadlier #COVID19 outbreaks @Trinity_Haus @LTCcovid @EuGMSSociety https://ja.ma/3yeufIR via @JAMAInternalMed part of @JAMANetwork
vaccine ageism: lessons from India https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1196
"Up-front costs of Point of Care Tests are straightforward but additional costs, including preparation and reporting , and the impact of false positive and negative tests on absence rates and infection days, are more complex and as yet unquantified" https://academic.oup.com/ageing/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ageing/afab101/6274739