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LTCcovid webinar: Omicron and Long-Term Care systems – an informal discussion of international experiences, 24th January 2022
This webinar will start at 2pm UK time and will last for 90 minutes. Aim: To stake stock of the key issues Long-Term Care systems are experiencing in relation to the Omicron variant. We will also update on progress with the LTCcovid International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care Systems and discuss key topic priorities for… Read More »LTCcovid webinar: Omicron and Long-Term Care systems – an informal discussion of international experiences, 24th January 2022
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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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Covid-19 and long-term care: system characteristics, impacts, measures adopted and new reforms
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Summaries of studies on the impact of COVID-19 on long-term care and evaluations of mitigation measures.
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LTCcovid webinar: Omicron and Long-Term Care systems – an informal discussion of international experiences, 24th January 2022
This webinar will start at 2pm UK time and will last for 90 minutes. Aim: To stake stock of the key issues Long-Term Care systems are experiencing in relation to the Omicron variant. We will also update on progress with the LTCcovid International Living Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care Systems and discuss key topic priorities for… Read More »LTCcovid webinar: Omicron and Long-Term Care systems – an informal discussion of international experiences, 24th January 2022
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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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Nursing home staff shortages...
"We are certainly seeing a huge increase in the number of calls from residents who are saying that they are not being changed, they're not receiving their meals on time. That happens when you don't have enough staff."
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/01/20/1074493907/the-nursing-home-staffing-crisis-right-now-is-like-nothing-weve-seen-before?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
📣The Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum is back after a hiatus due to Covid, with 3 meetings this year.
The first meeting looks at 'Visiting in care homes during #COVID19' with @josieedixon & Kathleen Lane
23 March 2-4pm (Online) All welcome. #mbchf https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/mbchf-23mar22#.YevspnyyLTQ.twitter
Aged care again bears the tragic brunt of a COVID-19 wave: why? Our review of what’s gone wrong (again!), & what changes needed @k_eagar @gerontologyau @anzsgm @AusPSA @IPAAorg @ANZSOG @ClareONeilMP https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/3rhTu4
FFP3 masks should be worn by staff caring for patients with suspected or confirmed respiratory viral infections that are spread by airborne transmission, such as SARS-CoV-2, winter guidance from the @UKHSA has said https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o176
During the first wave of #COVID19, adults with dementia and Parkinson disease sought less hospital care than usual, were not admitted to nursing homes and experienced excess mortality. Physician visits rebounded, but most remained virtual. @dementiarehab https://ja.ma/3Irko6Y
Mortality among Care Home Residents in England during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of 4.3 million adults over the age of 65 - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(21)00281-7/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR3MGRZvgiwBloI2xjbDvi5vgMRF8WuaFQPuQNCx7zhqdubqcjVAc7L151g
Recent updates in the @LTCcovid International Living report:
🇰🇷vaccination and visiting policies in care homes in Korea
🏴 summary of a study of impacts on carers' views on using respite care @hscwru
🏴🇨🇦🇦🇺 evidence of growing LTC workforce shortages
https://ltccovid.org/international-living-report-covid-ltc/
BREAKING: Hotel in Norwich city centre is to start taking patients from hospital because of lack of social care beds. 15 patients transferred there initially. Will be in operation for 3 months and staffed by trained carers from Abicare. Will open in next few weeks
So on 22nd February I'll be doing this
https://mmuhealthedinauguralhatton.eventbrite.co.uk
You're warmly welcome to come along to @ManMetUni or join online, to hear my Inaugural Professorial Lecture "Things can’t only get better: People with learning disabilities, COVID-19 and beyond" @HPaC_MMU @SWManMet
📢#NOTICIA: Hemos realizado un vídeo en el que recopilamos los resultados preliminares de nuestro estudio ✨
📈En él se muestran resultados parciales del cuestionario realizado en #residencias de la C.M
¡Se agradece difusión!
@CCHS_CSIC @IEGD_CSIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAZsyx8cOk