Following a very rich first webinar on the 18th of May (slides and video will be uploaded shortly!), we’re delighted to announce the next two webinars. We plan to continue running these webinars on international responses to COVID-19 in Long-Term Care weekly on Mondays at 2pm GMT. The format is 1 hour of presentations and 30 minutes of discussion. If you would like to present in future webinars, please email a.comas@lse.ac.uk.
25th May, 2 to 3.30pm GMT
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and measures on unpaid carers
Klara Lorenz-Dant (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Overview of international estimates of numbers of deaths of care home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic
Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Infection Prevention Control in care homes: taking account of pre/asymptomatic transmission
Eric Fewster
Discussion
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1st June, 2 to 3.30pm GMT
The COVID-19 long-term care situation in South Korea: progress and future agenda
Hongsoo Kim (University of Seoul)
COVID-19 and people living with dementia in Spain and the UK
Aida Suarez-Gonzalez (University College London)
Additional speakers to be confirmed
Discussion