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
- Conference announcement: Transforming Care 2021, June 24-26, onlineTime in Care: The Temporality of Care Policy and Practices http://www.transforming-care.net Time is a key dimension that structures the social organization of care, care relations… Read More »Conference announcement: Transforming Care 2021, June 24-26, online
- Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes in ItalyMarco Arlotti and Costanzo Ranci (Politecnico di Milano – Social Policy Lab) Italy has been the first western country strongly hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.… Read More »Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes in Italy
- Updated resource: Care homes strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of COVID-19 based on a clear delineation of risk zonesEric Fewster, BA, MSc, C.WEM, MCIWEM, CEnv, Independent Water & Environmental Manager, Salford, UK A revised version of the document ‘Care homes strategy for Infection… Read More »Updated resource: Care homes strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of COVID-19 based on a clear delineation of risk zones
- Webinar: COVID-19 and Long-Term Care for people living at home in low and middle-income countries, 30th OctoberOn 30 October 2pm UK time, the Global Platform on COVID-19 and older adults in Low and Middle-Income countries will run a webinar jointly with… Read More »Webinar: COVID-19 and Long-Term Care for people living at home in low and middle-income countries, 30th October
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A very important study that highlights the impact of visiting restrictions on people's wellbeing. These findings mirror many of the issues that we are hearing from @alzscot helpline. https://twitter.com/LTCcovid/status/1322445264758734849
Study of the psychological impact of visiting restrictions on the “visitors”:
“many ... experienced low psychosocial and emotional well-being” and “Visitors of residents with CI report significantly poorer well-being ... than those without”
https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585373
Interesting report about the impact of not being able to visit loved ones in care. This is very much what we hear from carers and in calls to @alzscot helpline. https://twitter.com/LTCcovid/status/1322445264758734849
Study of the psychological impact of visiting restrictions on the “visitors”:
“many ... experienced low psychosocial and emotional well-being” and “Visitors of residents with CI report significantly poorer well-being ... than those without”
https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585373
Study of the psychological impact of visiting restrictions on the “visitors”:
“many ... experienced low psychosocial and emotional well-being” and “Visitors of residents with CI report significantly poorer well-being ... than those without”
https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.585373
Nursing home design and #COVID19: balancing infection control, quality of life and resilience @LTCcovid @roinnslainte @HSELive @hpscireland @EuGMSSociety @RCPI_news @RIAIOnline https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1b-Ge_YiQuQC74#.X51w_UcbHLI.twitter
This is a fantastic critical revision of human behaviour which helps understand why we are where we are with Covid-19 ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0884-z
Fascinating project on easements to the Care Act 2014 under Coronavirus Act 2020 #COVID19.
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Our government paid for all that rapid covid testing in nursing homes and yet testing is still anything but rapid in most facilities. Coverage of our new @JAMAInternalMed study with @McGarryBE @ml_barnett Gillian SteelFisher.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/nursing-homes-shun-new-rapid-covid-19-antigen-tests-study-finds
We have reached an unfortunate milestone. Federal nursing home covid data now report 1,001 staff deaths due to covid. Sad & unacceptable. And the worst part is that number is an underestimate. We need to 1) get staff PPE, 2) increase rapid testing, 3) support staff pay/benefits.
Conference announcement: Transforming Care 2021, June 24-26, online https://ltccovid.org/2020/10/31/conference-announcement-transforming-care-2021-june-24-26-online/