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
- Learning lessons and looking forwards – new Scottish publications impacting long-term care policyJenni Burton (Clinical Lecturer, Academic Geriatric Medicine, University of Glasgow, @JenniKBurton) August 2021 was an important month for long-term care in Scotland with the publication… Read More »Learning lessons and looking forwards – new Scottish publications impacting long-term care policy
- How did older adults experience second wave lockdowns in Australia?Joyce Siette and colleagues carried out a national survey to explore the impact of the COVID-19 second-wave lockdowns on older adults’ mental wellbeing, health-seeking behaviours and… Read More »How did older adults experience second wave lockdowns in Australia?
- Current situation in relation to “visiting” in care homes and outings for residents. LTCcovid international overviews of long-term care policies and practices in relation to Covid-19 (Issue 2, August 2021)Contributors: Nina Hemmings, Jorge Browne Salas, Siang Jye Chern, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Gemma Drou Roget, Stefanie Ettelt, Maria-Aurora Fenech, Cleusa P. Ferri, Paulo José Fortes Villas… Read More »Current situation in relation to “visiting” in care homes and outings for residents. LTCcovid international overviews of long-term care policies and practices in relation to Covid-19 (Issue 2, August 2021)
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities across the UK – latest findings from Wave 2Chris Hatton (Manchester Metropolitan University), Richard Hastings (University of Warwick) and the Project Team* The Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study has been tracking the experiences… Read More »The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities across the UK – latest findings from Wave 2
Twitter feed @LTCcovid
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Join @WendyMoyle2 @drmiketodorovic @pu_lihui and myself for #WorldAlzMonth seminars hosted by @MenziesHealth on 27-28 Sep
We will talk about #COVID19Aus impact on people with #dementia and their carers; #technology and #pain
Details and registration: https://bit.ly/3ElVVyq
Join our online policy event on ageism. For more information and registration visit our website https://euroageism.eu/policy-event/
In @lemondefr today, an article on the early impacts in care homes of compulsory vaccination for all health & social care staff which applies from today in France. Learning we might want to heed as England moves towards a similar policy: https://bit.ly/2Xj6Isr
📢 #Managers in #carehomes! Can you share your views on the impact of #COVID19 on using #antipsychotics in #dementia? Short MS Teams interviews, please email a.raza@pgr.reading.ac.uk #ImproveResearchProfile @SandraPrew @enrich_research @LTCcovid
📣 Come and work with us @EuroCentre_SWPR 🤗 We are looking for a researcher to be involved in international projects on #LongTermCare & #health, deadline: 18/10. For more details ⤵️ https://twitter.com/EuroCentre_SWPR/status/1438073540851478530
New vacancy!
Researcher wanted to work on #LongTermCare & #health issues; focus on #Austria & #international #comparativeperspectives; more: https://bit.ly/3Ad6jGh
Deadline: 18 October 2021
🗣️ 'We've known for decades now that to have functional #care systems for #ageing population is something we need to achieve but we haven't achieved it yet. We have a duty to make the most of #lessonslearned from #COVID19 to make it happen.'
@AdelinaCoHe of @CPEC_LSE & @LTCcovid
New project: Exploring and Understanding the lived experience in CAre homes for older people of Infection risk and transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed-methods study to inform what we can learn for future infectious disease outbREaks (UCAIRE)
https://ltccovid.org/project/exploring-and-understanding-the-lived-experience-in-care-homes-for-older-people-of-infection-risk-and-transmission-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-mixed-methods-study-to-inform-what-we-can-learn-for/
New project: qualitative study of the burdens placed on nursing home staff during the pandemic and psychological consequences (Austria) @HoedlManu, D. Schoberer, N. Thonhofer @MedUniGraz
NuRsing hOme Staff burdEn during Covid-19 paNdemic (ROSEN-project) https://ltccovid.org/project/nursing-home-staff-burden-during-covid-19-pandemic-rosen-project/
Was Hospital Care Refused to Belgian Nursing Home Residents During COVID-19?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/34146520/
Decreased Mortality Over Time During the First Wave in Patients With COVID-19 in Geriatric Care: Data From the Stockholm GeroCovid Study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/34216553/