Researcher working on global ageing, dementia and long-term care
A checkist from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US) for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to assess and improve their preparedness… Read More »Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes (CDC, US)
Leaflet from written by Admiral Nurses providing advice to carers on how to look after themselves while providing care to a person with dementia while… Read More »Looking after yourself when caring for someone living with dementia during the COVID-19 outbreak (Dementia UK)
Leaflet written by Admiral Nurses to offer guidance to those caring for someone from a distance, as well as those who are unable to visit… Read More »Caring for someone with dementia from a distance during the COVID-19 outbreak (Dementia UK)
A very practical booklet for family carers that can just be printed and completed, developed by Family Carers Ireland in response to the COVID-19 outbreak,… Read More »Emergency Care Planning for family carers (Family Carers Ireland)
A video from Professor Huali Wang, Executive Vice President of Alzheimer’s Disease International’s member association in China, Alzheimer’s Disease Chinese (ADC), explaining how China has… Read More »Video on addressing the specific challenges of people living with dementia during the COVID-19 outbreak in China (Prof. Huali Wang, via ADI)
Care Alliance (Ireland), has a webpage with advice on preparing an emergency/back-up care plan, in case a family carer needs to isolate themselves from the… Read More »Advice on creating a back-up plan for family carers (from Care Alliance, Ireland)
An article on the impact that technology can have in maintaining social connections social connections with friends, family, social networks and/or the wider community, including… Read More »Article on: COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the Impact Technology can have on Communities, Social Connections and Citizens (Martson, Musselwhite & Hadley)
A guide and video on using Zoom for virtual peer support groups, by and for people living with dementia. The guide was developed by the… Read More »Virtual peer support groups for people living with dementia, by the Zoomettes (part of the Deep Network, UK)
An Easy Read version of World Health Organization’s recommendations on social distancing for people for whom it may be hard to make sense of the… Read More »An Easy Read version of the WHO’s guidance on (social) distancing by Talking Mats
Guidance with general advice about preventing the spread of COVID-19 in settings forvulnerable groups, such as people who are homeless, travellers, refugees/asylum seekers and others.… Read More »COVID-19 Guidance for group settings for vulnerable adults (Health Service Executive, Ireland)
