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
- Updated findings: Living systematic review of emerging evidence on COVID-19 related mortality and spread of disease in Long-Term Care (31 July 2020)Maximilian Salcher-Konrad 1, Arnoupe Jhass,2,3 Huseyin Naci,4 Marselia Tan,1 Yousef El-Tawil,4 Adelina Comas-Herrera11 Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), Department of Health Policy, London School… Read More »Updated findings: Living systematic review of emerging evidence on COVID-19 related mortality and spread of disease in Long-Term Care (31 July 2020)
- Updated report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care system situation in ItalySara Berloto, Elisabetta Notarnicola, Eleonora Perobelli and Andrea Rotolo (Observatory on Long Term Care, Cergas SDA Bocconi School of Management) This updated report provides new… Read More »Updated report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care system situation in Italy
- Updated programme for the 3rd of August LTCcovid webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on unpaid carers, 2pm GMTThis webinar will explore emerging evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who provide unpaid care. We will start by hearing about… Read More »Updated programme for the 3rd of August LTCcovid webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on unpaid carers, 2pm GMT
- New report: Policy response to COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in ChileJorge Browne, Gerardo Fasce, Ignacio Pineda, Pablo Villalobos The full report is available here: Key points: To date, the number of new cases remains high.… Read More »New report: Policy response to COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in Chile
Twitter feed @LTCcovid
🔈 New paper 🔈#COVID19 related mortality and spread of disease in long-term care: a living systematic review of emerging evidence by @MaxSalKo @a_jhass @HuseyinNaci2, Marselia Tan, Yousef El-Tawil and @AdelinaCoHe 👇 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.09.20125237v3
Important study by @mad_sters et al. in @JAMAInternalMed on the extreme vulnerability of home care workers during #COVID19: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2769096
As the accompanying commentary notes "we need to recognize that home health worker disparities are the result of structural racism"
In new qualitative study in @JAMAInternalMed, home health care workers reported providing frontline essential care, often at personal risk, during pandemic. They experienced challenges that exacerbated inequities they face as a marginalized workforce.
https://ja.ma/2XtzOCo
https://mcgm.msgm.com.my/webinar-registration/. Could not resist the opportunity to promote research in older persons. Inclusion of older persons in research studies and research exclusively among older persons are more important than ever! Do sign up to find out we @unimalaya has been doing! #COVID19
Why is Germany's Covid-19 fatality rate comparatively low? In a new piece for @EconObservatory, our MSc Global Health Policy candidates @Ktrujilloj & Marselia Tan consider #Germany's comparatively successful containment of #Covid19 deaths 👇 https://www.coronavirusandtheeconomy.com/question/why-germanys-covid-19-fatality-rate-comparatively-low #globalhealth
In @NEJM: COVID-19 infection "should be considered in all patients with dementia who present with new-onset Alerted Mental Status." https://bit.ly/3gCJaDH
These are concerning trends for those care homes who have no tests and remain in the dark with potential undetected asymptomatic transmission. Let’s not get this wrong twice - RESIDENTS need testing
The regional hotspots in the North West and in Yorkshire require the attention they are receiving and care homes in these areas MUST therefore be prioritised urgently for testing. Let’s not make the same mistake - test positivity in older women shouldn’t be rising! #Covid_19
and the positivity rate appeared to be RISING in females over 85 to abt 5%.. @martinmckee @adamgordon1978 @petermbenglish @DHSCgovuk @NCFCareForum @CPA_SocialCare @CareEngland @IndependentSage @LTCcovid
Our new article is now available in @scielobr Preprints at https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/1032/1479
OCCURRENCE OF INFECTION AND MORTALITY BY COVID-19 IN CARE HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN BRAZIL
@DrDebs_Oliveira @PauloJoseForte1 @HelenaWada @virgiliogarciam