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
- Rising from the COVID-19 crisis: workforce policy responses in the Long-Term Care sector (OECD)Presenter: Eileen Rocard (OECD) Abstract for the International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: What have we learnt and what policies do we need… Read More »Rising from the COVID-19 crisis: workforce policy responses in the Long-Term Care sector (OECD)
- Care home visitor policies: a rapid global scan of current strategies in countries with high vaccination ratesLee-Fay Low, Cameron Feil, Natalie Iciaszczyk, Samir Sinha, Hilde Verbeek, Ramona Backhaus, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen, Þórdís Hulda Tómasdóttir, Liat Ayalon, Josie Dixon, Adelina Comas-Herrera Members… Read More »Care home visitor policies: a rapid global scan of current strategies in countries with high vaccination rates
- COVID-19 registration in people with intellectual disabilities in Dutch long-term care facilitiesPresenter: Monique Koks-Leensen (Radboud university medical center) Abstract for: International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: What have we learnt and what policies do… Read More »COVID-19 registration in people with intellectual disabilities in Dutch long-term care facilities
- The impact of quarantine restrictions on people living in aged care facilities during the COVID19 pandemicPresenter: Jackie Robinson (University of Auckland) Abstract for the International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: What have we learnt and what policies do we… Read More »The impact of quarantine restrictions on people living in aged care facilities during the COVID19 pandemic
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New @ECDC_EU technical report:
Surveillance of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/surveillance-COVID-19-long-term-care-facilities-EU-EEA
Abstract for the 6-7 Dec @LTCcovid workshop:
Rising from the COVID-19 crisis: workforce policy responses in the Long-Term Care sector (@OECD) https://ltccovid.org/2021/11/29/rising-from-the-covid-19-crisis-workforce-policy-responses-in-the-long-term-care-sector-oecd/
A broad lesson from US covid nursing home response: decentralized approaches have generally not worked. As one nursing home exec suggested to @ReedAbelson, boosters are "a life or death matter." Why did we shift this effort to facilities, cities & states? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/covid-nursing-home-booster.html?smid=tw-share
We recommend that the rights of care home residents to receive visitors should be recognised and upheld, and not be more restricted than community-dwelling people in the same region, and visitors should be subject to the same entry and screening requirements as care home staff https://twitter.com/LTCcovid/status/1465004998694162437
Care home visitor policies: a rapid global scan of current strategies in countries with high vaccination rates, @LTCcovid & @covidandsociety policy brief led by @leefay_low https://ltccovid.org/2021/11/28/care-home-visitor-policies-a-rapid-global-scan-of-current-strategies-in-countries-with-high-vaccination-rates/
Care home visitor policies: a rapid global scan of current strategies in countries with high vaccination rates, @LTCcovid & @covidandsociety policy brief led by @leefay_low https://ltccovid.org/2021/11/28/care-home-visitor-policies-a-rapid-global-scan-of-current-strategies-in-countries-with-high-vaccination-rates/
Navigating the new normal: accessing community and institutionalised care for #dementia during COVID-19
@LTCcovid @rightsforresid2
https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1914545
🗞 Our new policy scan is now available:
#covid #nursinghomes #carehomes #ouderenzorg #altenpflege #pflegeheime https://twitter.com/adelinacohe/status/1464471017892585478
Care home visiting in countries with high vaccination rates: @LTCcovid policy scan with @covidandsociety, looking at Australia, Canada, Iceland, Israel, the Netherlands and Norway, led by @leefay_low
Short 🧵with key recommendations:
How do #COVID19 care home visitor policies differ around the world? What is the best approach?
New global scan by @LTCcovid experts - including latest stats & policies, key recommendations & six country case studies: http://bit.ly/3HXENAU
@AdelinaCoHe @leefay_low @DrSamirSinha
Delighted to share the programme for 6-7 December:
International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: What have we learnt and what policies do we need to strengthen LTC systems?
https://ltccovid.org/international-workshop-on-covid-19-and-long-term-care-systems-what-have-we-learnt-and-what-policies-do-we-need-to-strengthen-ltc-systems/
Please help spread the word and join if you can
New podcast episode! 🎙️
@DrShereeHussein was recently joined by @ATurnpenny, Ricardo Rodrigues @EuroCentre_SWPR & Sara Charlesworth @RMIT to discuss how migrant care workers have been impacted by the #COVID19 #pandemic in Australia, Austria and the UK:
http://circle.group.shef.ac.uk/sustainable-care-covid-19-podcast/