Researcher working on global ageing, dementia and long-term care
Grant Gibson and Cate Pemble (The Sustaining Resilient Communities Research Team, University of Stirling) Why Community Organisations? The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis the likes… Read More »New project: Sustaining Resilience and Wellbeing Among Frontline Community-Based Care and Support Workers to Vulnerable People during a Time of Crisis
International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) In May, the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) launched “Realising the true value of integrated care: Beyond COVID-19”, a thought leadership… Read More »Realising the true value of Integrated Care: Beyond Covid-19
Brown KA, Jones A, Daneman N, Chan AK, Schwartz KL, Garber GE, Costa AP and Stall NM. Association Between Nursing Home Crowding and COVID-19 Infection… Read More »Article summary: Association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 infection and mortality in Ontario, Canada
Professor Shereen Hussein (@DrShereeHussein) The British social care workforce has been under extreme pressure since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. This pressure… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on social care workers’ workload, wellbeing and ability to provide care safely: Findings from the UK
Adrianna Senczyszyn, Katarzyna Lion, Dorota Szcze?niak, Joanna Rymaszewska, El?bieta Trypka, Justyna Mazurek, Marta Ciu?kowicz, Maria Ma?kowiak The COVID-19 pandemic has a disproportionate impact on long-term… Read More »Recommendations to support the mental health of long-term care facility personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a national survey (Poland)
Full report: National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2020, October 16). What risk factors areassociated with COVID-19 outbreaks and mortality in long-term care facilities… Read More »Emerging evidence: Rapid review of risk factors associated with COVID-19 outbreaks and mortality in long-term care facilities and what strategies mitigate risk?
Next Steps in COVID-19 Response in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes 9 November, 2020 at 12pm Eastern Time in Canada and 5pm UK Time The… Read More »Webinar announcement: Next steps in COVID-19 responses in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes, 9 November, focus on people in the workforce
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and Canadian Patient Safety Institute The full report, published in July 2020, is available here: Reimagining_Care_For_Older_Adults_July-2020 Key Points: The COVID-19… Read More »Reimagining Care for Older Adults: Next Steps in COVID-19 Response in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes (Canada)
Adelina Comas-Herrera1, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad1, Jennifer Baumbusch2, Nicolas Farina3, Claire Goodman4, Klara Lorenz-Dant1, Lee-Fay Low5 1Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), Department of Health Policy, London… Read More »Rapid review of the evidence on impacts of visiting policies in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Diana C. Anderson, Thomas Grey, Sean Kennelly, Desmond O’Neill,Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Balancing Infection Control, Quality of Life, and Resilience,Journal of the American Medical… Read More »Article summary: Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Balancing Infection Control, Quality of Life, and Resilience (JAMDA)
