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
- Current Vaccination Rates and Policies as well as Essential Family Caregiver and Visitor Policies across Canadian Long-Term Care HomesCameron Feil, MSc, Research Coordinator, National Institute on Ageing Natalie Iciaszczyk, MA, JD, Policy Analyst, National Institute on Ageing Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil, Director of… Read More »Current Vaccination Rates and Policies as well as Essential Family Caregiver and Visitor Policies across Canadian Long-Term Care Homes
- LTCcovid webinar: What policy for UK social care data needs to do now, 18 October 2021 2pm BSTCo-hosted by LTCcovid.org and the UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator, the webinar will take stock of recent developments and prioritise ongoing issues for action. As we move into our… Read More »LTCcovid webinar: What policy for UK social care data needs to do now, 18 October 2021 2pm BST
- Save the date! International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: what have we learnt and what policies do we need to strengthen LTC systems, 6th December 2021To mark the launch of a new LTCcovid International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care we are organising a one-day online workshop, starting with… Read More »Save the date! International workshop on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care systems: what have we learnt and what policies do we need to strengthen LTC systems, 6th December 2021
- LTCcovid webinar: Keeping connected: carer experiences of staying in touch with family and friends living in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (UK and Canada)This webinar will bring together three studies on visiting and other restrictions that affected family members (often people who provided regular unpaid care) of people… Read More »LTCcovid webinar: Keeping connected: carer experiences of staying in touch with family and friends living in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (UK and Canada)
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Current Vaccination Rates and Policies as well as Essential Family Caregiver and Visitor Policies across Canadian Long-Term Care Homes, by @cameron_feil @natalie_ici
@DrSamirSinha, @RyersonNIA https://ltccovid.org/2021/10/20/current-vaccination-rates-and-policies-as-well-as-essential-family-caregiver-and-visitor-policies-across-canadian-long-term-care-homes/
The #ESSC2022 is coming back in 2022
The call to apply to run one an interactive session to share your experience of changing #SocialServices practices as a result of #COVID19 is now open!
Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/3AMlqpO
Visit ESSC website👉 https://essc-eu.org/
@LTCcovid @cian @PandemicEthics_ @HDEMCOP @NCF_Liz @StatsRegulation @harrow_council @SocialCareWales @CharlesTTHF Great discussion ably facilitated by @cian @AdelinaCoHe on what policy needs to do now to support use of socialcare #data Key for me:measuring what matters to the people receiving support and those who support them & being responsible in data release learning from pandemic errors
Webinar @DHSCgovuk COVID-19 vaccination of people working/deployed in #CareHomes 📅 20 Oct 🕛9:30-10:30 covering the medical exemptions process. Updates on the public health aims of the policy, approach to enforcement plus much more | Register https://sfca.re/3AQ5dA4
Join us at 2pm (BST) today:
What policy for UK social care data needs to do now
With @cian @PandemicEthics_, @JenniKBurton @HDEMCOP @NCF_Liz Caroline Jones @StatsRegulation, Jonathan Kilworth @harrow_council, Owen Davies @SocialCareWales, @CharlesTTHF
https://ltccovid.org/2021/10/06/ltccovid-webinar-what-policy-for-uk-social-care-data-needs-to-do-now-18-october-2021-2pm-bst/
Putting the final pieces of prep-work together ahead of our social care data policy webinar on Monday. If policy for public data or social care data is something you're working on we'd love to see you there. https://twitter.com/LTCcovid/status/1445684561539526658
LTCcovid webinar: What policy for UK social care data needs to do now, 18 October 2021 2pm BST chaired by @cian @PandemicEthics_, with @JenniKBurton, @HDEMCOP, Caroline Jones @StatsRegulation, Jonathan Kilworth @harrow_council https://ltccovid.org/2021/10/06/ltccovid-webinar-what-policy-for-uk-social-care-data-needs-to-do-now-18-october-2021-2pm-bst/
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🎙️#LSEHealthTalks - #Covid and long-term #Care
“Until the point of #Vaccination, what really made the difference to the amount of deaths of people living in #CareHomes was the amount of deaths of people living in the community"
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In this #Podcast, @AdelinaCoHe argues countries that were able to control #Covid in the community, also saw lower deaths in #CareHomes.
🎧Listen now:
Spotify https://spoti.fi/3BL10Pg
Apple https://apple.co/2Xevbzg
Amazon https://amzn.to/3BJN0oX
Google https://bit.ly/3FLzL9E
Looking forward to talking about the ongoing @APPLE_TreeStudy at this event and how we successfully adapted it to the pandemic, supported by our funders @ESRC @NIHRresearch @NTDeNDRoN and collaborators @unleash_health @ProfAMMinihane @NickBas55312976 @MarchantLabUCL https://twitter.com/Poacher1/status/1446496291496861721
Prof Claudia Cooper @ClaudiaACooper1
(@APPLE_TreeStudy, @UCLPsychiatry, @UCLBrainScience, @ucl; @wellcometrust, @CI_NHS, @AlzSocLondon, @alzheimerssoc; @NIHRresearch, @ESRC, @rcpsych)
📢Ageism and COVID-19: a study of social
inequality through opinions and attitudes about
older people in the coronavirus crisis in Spain
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✅Estereotipos edadistas más extendidos
✅Relación entre #Edadismo-Sexo,edad...
✍️🏽@LTCcovid y @MatiaFundazioa
https://bit.ly/3BNFEks