Globally, residents in care homes have experienced disproportionately high morbidity and mortality from COVID-19. Resident frailty and pre-existing structural issues in care homes are at least partly responsible. Factors that are external to the control of individual home operators, such as limited access to a sufficient supply of PPE and testing kits available from local public health authorities, also played a role in the extend of the spread of COVID-19. Despite these common vulnerabilities, not all care homes suffered equally from COVID-19. This webinar explored the potential role of home ownership on outcomes associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes.
Speakers:
Florien Kruse, Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum:
Amy Hsu, University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research and Bruyère Research Institute
Next webinar: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on unpaid carers, 3rd August, 14.00 GMT
Speakers:
Klara Lorenz-Dant (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science): Impact of the pandemic on unpaid carers so far, and measures adopted to support them
Iracema Leroi (Trinity College Dublin and Global Brain Health Institute): Coping with Loneliness, Isolation and Covid-19 – Hearing the Voice of Carers
Additional speakers to be confirmed
Q&A
Further discussion will take place between 15.00-15.30 to allow for discussion to continue after the presentations for those who can continue after 15.00.
Registration details will be added shortly