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
- Video, LTCcovid conversation with Dr Jenni Burton, on improving the use of data to understand the needs of those living and working in care homesJenni Burton is a clinical lecturer and specialist registrar in geriatric medicine, based at the University of Glasgow. She is passionate about improving the utilisation… Read More »Video, LTCcovid conversation with Dr Jenni Burton, on improving the use of data to understand the needs of those living and working in care homes
- Safe visiting at care homes during COVID-19: A review of international guidelines and emerging practices during the COVID-19 pandemicLee-Fay Low1, Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith2, Samir Sinha3,4, Nathan Stall3,4, Hilde Verbeek5, Joyce Siette6, Briony Dow7, Ramona Backhaus5, Reena Devi8, Karen Spilsbury8, Jayne Brown2, Alys Griffiths9, Christian… Read More »Safe visiting at care homes during COVID-19: A review of international guidelines and emerging practices during the COVID-19 pandemic
- International “living” report: Long-Term Care and COVID-19 vaccination, prioritization and data, 18th January 2021 updateShoshana Lauter, Klara Lorenz-Dant, Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science) and Eleonora Perobelli… Read More »International “living” report: Long-Term Care and COVID-19 vaccination, prioritization and data, 18th January 2021 update
- COVID-19 public health measures and their impact on social support services for dementia – A longitudinal UK surveyClarissa Giebel, Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool Care homes have featured heavily in the news since the pandemic, either for being virus… Read More »COVID-19 public health measures and their impact on social support services for dementia – A longitudinal UK survey
Twitter feed @LTCcovid
These data are now being published by @PublicHealthW .
63% of care home residents and 72% of care home workers in Wales have had the first dose. https://public.tableau.com/profile/public.health.wales.health.protection#!/vizhome/RapidCOVID-19virology-Public/Headlinesummary
@LTCcovid
Lovely paper from @dr_shibley and @Laconic_doc https://academic.oup.com/ageing/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ageing/afab014/6106229?login=true
Here is my weekly graph of CT nursing home resident and staff cases and resident deaths. My understanding is that 2/3 of the facilities had their first vaccine by 12/31, all had it by 1/8, and the second shots should be done by the end of the month.
Preprint of this paper was published some time ago - but here is the peer reviewed version in @Age_and_Ageing outlining COVID testing pathways in English care homes - part of the CONDOR study https://academic.oup.com/ageing/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ageing/afab015/6108160
I'm pleased to announce 'Visit-id: a study of care home visiting arrangements during Covid-19'. Funded by @NIHRresearch. Working alongside @CPEC_LSE @LorenzKH @mpdrichmond @Knappem @LearnAdmirNurse @bowlercass & other excellent @CareEngland colleagues https://ltccovid.org/project/visit-ed-a-study-of-care-home-visiting-arrangements-during-covid-19/
'The rise in deaths among those receiving domiciliary care is similar to that among care home residents, yet it is scarcely mentioned' Article from @bmj_latest http://ow.ly/JmvY50DefMZ
Evidence-based recommendations on care home visiting during COVID-19, international experiences and case studies
@leefay_low @HinsliffK @DrSamirSinha @nathanstall @jsiette @francesbriony @RamonaBackhaus @_DrReenaDevi @SpillersK @alysgriffiths_ @CBergmanMD https://ltccovid.org/2021/01/19/safe-visiting-at-care-homes-during-covid-19-a-review-of-international-guidelines-and-emerging-practices-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Blanket visitor bans should not be used as a method to prevent the spread of #COVID19 in #agedcare facilities, new research recommends @leefay_low http://ow.ly/KsII50De70c
Our international @LivUni study with @arcad_institute @ddumba_isaac @malaika0506 Uganda, Colombia & India is now submitting ethics in all 3 countries to explore the long-term psychological impact of #COVID19 on older adults in low- and middle-income countries! @LTCcovid https://twitter.com/malaika0506/status/1352295513287258117
Uganda, India, Reino Unido y Colombia, unidos para entender el impacto psicológico de las medidas de salud pública en personas mayores. La pandemia nos impone retos increíbles! Gracias @ClarissaGiebel @gab_saldarriaga @IvanGm_real @ddumba_isaac and Dr. PN Suresh Kumar
These guidelines build in the existing @GeriSoc guidance by providing practical steps to initiate oxygen, dexamethasone and VTE prophylaxis for older people in care homes with COVID who don’t want to go to hospital but who want active treatment. https://twitter.com/danlasserson/status/1351091222753009664
NEW CONSENSUS GUIDELINES on COVID-19 management in patients treated in community settings without transfer to hospital #HospitalAtHome (oxygen/dexamethasone/VTE prophylaxis/fluids). @adamgordon1978 @mattinadakim @GrahamEllis247
Download from @UKHaHSoc
https://www.hospitalathome.org.uk/s/Consensus-Statement-Drug-Treatment-in-Community-Settings-for-COVID19-patients.pdf