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 country report: The impact of COVID-19 on long-term care in the Netherlands – the second waveFlorien Kruse, Lisa van Tol, Cilla Vrinzen, Oemar van der Woerd, Patrick Jeurissen The full report is available here: Key points: The Dutch nursing home… Read More »Updated country report: The impact of COVID-19 on long-term care in the Netherlands – the second wave
- Rapid COVID-19 testing in care homes in Germany: Easier said than doneStefanie Ettelt In mid-October the Federal Ministry of Health in Germany announced the introduction of rapid antigen testing to reduce the risk of infection with… Read More »Rapid COVID-19 testing in care homes in Germany: Easier said than done
- The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issues a Rapid Risk Assessment for people living in LTC facilities in the EU/EEA and the UKThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has issued a rapid risk assessment, as increasing reports of COVID-19 outbreaks in LTCFs are being… Read More »The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issues a Rapid Risk Assessment for people living in LTC facilities in the EU/EEA and the UK
- New report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in EnglandAdelina Comas-Herrera, Alan Glanz, Natasha Curry, Sarah Deeny, Chris Hatton, Nina Hemmings, Richard Humphries, Klara Lorenz-Dant, Camille Oung, Selina Rajan, Aida Suarez-Gonzalez The full report… Read More »New report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in England
Twitter feed @LTCcovid
New from @KFF - over 100,000 residents and staff have died of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities.
As someone who has been following this data closely since the beginning - I am shocked at how quickly we passed this horrifying milestone.
https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/covid-19-has-claimed-the-lives-of-100000-long-term-care-residents-and-staff/
How has Belo Horizonte’s pioneering community care programme for older people coped with COVID-19? https://corona-older.com/2020/11/24/belo-horizontes-pioneering-community-care-programme-for-older-people/
Recommended reading: 'Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Review of International Measures to Support Community-Based Care' https://ltccovid.org/2020/05/19/mitigating-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-outbreak-a-review-of-international-measures-to-support-community-based-care/ #bgsconf
⚕️Care Webinar: Negotiating a shield against #COVID19
🗣️Speakers: @AdelinaCoHe, @amytmhsu, @Mcbreadner will discuss labour's response to the pandemic & working conditions in the sector.
🗓 Dec 15 @ 15:00 CET
📩Registration http://bit.ly/2KEDo9n
SPREAD THE WORD: Eurocarers is inviting all informal carers across Europe to share their experience and views regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their daily life !
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8B5NBJR
Excellent report from @LTCcovid at LSE, with hugely useful collation of known data and calls to action:
New report: The COVID-19 Long-Term #Care situation in England – Resources to support community and institutional Long-Term Care responses to COVID-19 https://ltccovid.org/2020/11/19/new-report-the-covid-19-long-term-care-situation-in-england/
Director sought for new Wales #COVID19 Evidence Centre for Health and Social Care
@CPEC_LSE @NIHRSSCR @ilpnetwork @LTCcovid @hscwru https://twitter.com/ResearchWales/status/1331212235620945920
⭐ Director sought for new Wales #COVID19 Evidence Centre ⭐
@ResearchWales is setting up a new COVID19 Evidence Centre to provide research, evidence synthesis and knowledge mobilisation to meet urgent current and future needs. Find out more and apply: https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/director-sought-new-wales-covid19-evidence-centre
A lot of planning and extra resources are needed to implement rapid COVID-19 testing in LTC homes— some lessons from Germany. The availability of testing kits is just the start.... https://twitter.com/LTCcovid/status/1331199380083314688
Rapid COVID-19 testing in care homes in Germany: Easier said than done https://ltccovid.org/2020/11/24/rapid-covid-19-testing-in-care-homes-in-germany-easier-said-than-done/
Implementation of any policy is key as we are finding over and over. The tests alone are of less use. They must be accompanied by rigorous standard operating procedures and protocols to inform how care home use and interpret them based on quality pilots. @ScienceShared https://twitter.com/ltccovid/status/1331199523033583616
With thanks to @s_ettelt
Our new website http://www.dachastudy.com is now live! Many thanks to @billysince1976 for web design and @juliacreeve for icons. Read more about each Work Package, our plans for PPIE, implementation, and expert consultation events planned for early 2021 #MDS #CareHomeResearch