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Just launched: The LTCcovid International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on people who use and provide long-term care (LTC) globally. A new International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care shows that long-standing structural problems meant most countries were poorly prepared to respond to a pandemic in the LTC sector. The report allows users to compare the long-term care systems of different countries; their responses… Read More »Just launched: The LTCcovid International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care
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Structural characteristics of the LTC system, impact of the pandemic, measures adopted and new reforms
INTERNATIONAL LIVING REPORT
Covid-19 and long-term care: system characteristics, impacts, measures adopted and new reforms
EMERGING EVIDENCE
Summaries of studies on the impact of COVID-19 on long-term care and evaluations of mitigation measures.
EXPERTS DIRECTORY
Directory of international experts on long-term care, searchable by country and topic
Highlights
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Issues and options for UK social care data policy A report from the LTCcovid webinar: What policy for UK social care data needs to do now (18th October 2021)
Cian O’Donovan, UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator Summary points Lessons about social data use during the pandemic are not agreed by everyone. For instance, data infrastructure such as the adult social care capacity tracker has had unforeseen consequences such as increased burdens on staff. These are often unacknowledged in plans for future data policy. The continued… Read More »Issues and options for UK social care data policy A report from the LTCcovid webinar: What policy for UK social care data needs to do now (18th October 2021)
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Updates on Vaccination policies and booster rollouts for people using and providing Long-Term Care (December 2021)
As the cases of Omicron rise in many parts of the world, we are currently updating the International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care section on Vaccination policies, aiming to share, where available, data on vaccination rates for people who use Long-Term Care and for staff working in the sector, including the rates of coverage of… Read More »Updates on Vaccination policies and booster rollouts for people using and providing Long-Term Care (December 2021)
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OMICRON and older people in Low and Middle-Income countries (Corona-Older)
The Corona Older platform has published a piece, reproduced below, drawing attention to the WHO Global Omicron Technical Brief and adding additional commentary. The piece will be updated on the Corona-Older site as more information and data becomes available. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, University of East Anglia (Co-signatories listed at end). (Also available in: https://corona-older.com/2021/12/20/omicron-and-older-people-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-update-20-december-2021/ ). This… Read More »OMICRON and older people in Low and Middle-Income countries (Corona-Older)
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Issues and options for UK social care data policy A report from the LTCcovid webinar: What policy for UK social care data needs to do now (18th October 2021) https://ltccovid.org/2022/01/04/issues-and-options-for-uk-social-care-data-policy-a-report-from-the-ltccovid-webinar-what-policy-for-uk-social-care-data-needs-to-do-now-18th-october-2021/ via @LTCcovid
🗞️Our international comparison between UK & Dutch safe #carehome visit experiences out now in @IPG_Journal
1st evidence on how early implementation of visit guidance was beneficial for families/residents in the Netherlands,with a lack of UK guidance
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-psychogeriatrics/article/because-if-i-dont-hold-his-hand-then-i-might-as-well-not-be-there-experiences-of-dutch-and-uk-care-home-visiting-during-the-covid19-pandemic/546E8AE0E1589F2873AC1E511D583D56
We are very excited to present our new digital publication: "The Global Platform Reader", a compilation of selected posts from the Global Platform blog since 2020! Please share and feel free to download: https://corona-older.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-Global-Platform-Reader.pdf
Check out our newsletter highlighting the latest report on Health for the People, by the People; our EU country profiles; our Brazil Reviews of Health Systems & Primary Care and the brief on policy responses in the long-term care sector▶️http://amf.so/1PfF5
“We are struggling massively to have any support whatsoever,” Ellen Fenby, whose 19-year-old son is severely disabled, told the Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/15/vulnerable-adults-left-without-care-in-england-as-staff-crisis-worsens
Pleased to see our review of digital inclusion during the pandemic published. Digital inclusion & participation of people with intellectual disabilities during COVID‐19:A rapid review & international bricolage https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jppi.12410#.YeQ_9V4Fd2E.twitter @SWManMet @DrDDChadwick @KrissaAagren
Our paper focuses on Dementia Caregiving During the COVID-19 Pandemic and unprecedented circumstances where positive experiences of caregiving, unexpected personal strengths and caregiving benefits are identified.
@KristenTulloch #Dementia #caregiving
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07317115.2021.1929630#.YeSIYr84kVE.twitter
Residents who are negative continue to be restricted to their rooms without activities, engagement & access to family. Window visits are not possible for many & for some consists of waving from an upper floor window is not acceptable 2 years in to covid
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/surge-in-care-home-cases-cause-for-serious-concern-says-sector-chief-41244308.html
There are 2,700 aged care homes in Australia. There are active COVID outbreaks in 1,107 of them. A monumental failure by the Commonwealth to protect some of Australia’s most vulnerable people. @amapresident @anmf_federal @theMJA @gerontologyau @AHSRI_UOW @ACSANational @abcnews
Are you a family member or friend of an older #carehome resident? #UCAIRE would like to interview you for its study on infection risk in care homes during #Covid19. More information on what an interview involves is in our participant information: https://bit.ly/3fel3vH