Recreational therapists are helping residents stay connected at St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre and Dundas’s St. Joseph’s Villa in Ontario, Canada. They are getting creative with ways… Read More »Maintaining connection through visiting restrictions in long term care facilities (St. Joseph’s Health System, Canada)
8th April 2020 Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC, LSE The current COVID-19 guidance for care homes in the UK was issued on the 2nd of April: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-admission-and-care-of-people-in-care-homes.… Read More »Briefing note: Current UK guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 is based on symptomatic cases, ignoring early international evidence and lessons from other countries.
McMichael TM, Currie DW et al (2020) Epidmiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington. N Engl J Med https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2005412 The… Read More »Article Summary: Epidemiology of COVID-19 in a Long-Term Facility in King Country, Washington
By Maria Pierce, Independent Research and Adjunct Faculty Member, Dublin City University 8th April, 2020 In Ireland, epidemiological data on COVID-19 is collected centrally. Reports… Read More »Mechanisms to collect data on nursing homes and COVID-19 in Ireland
By Raquel Martínez Gómez, Hygiene and health manager at the Sant Pau Geriatric Residential care home, Barcelona. I am a geriatric nurse and I have… Read More »Report: reflections on the experience of fighting COVID-19 from a residential care home in Barcelona
by Anne Montomery and Sarah Slocum Anne Montomery and Sarah Slocum are co-directors of Altarum’s program to improve eldercare. In addition to infection control, they suggest… Read More »Three priorities to protect and care for nursing home residents (McKnight’s Long Term Care News, United States)
By Jayeeta Rajagopalan1, Saadiya Hurzuk2 and Narendhar Ramasamy2 1 National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), STRiDE India. 2 Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of… Read More »Report: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with dementia in India
6th April 2020 Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC LSE There are growing numbers of examples of hotels and other accommodation that would otherwise be unused being adapted… Read More »Examples and guidance on use of hotels and other accommodation to reduce pressure on care homes and hospitals during COVID-19
By Michaël R. Laurent, MD PhD, geriatrician, Imelda Hospital Bonheiden @MichalLaurent11 5th April, 2020 Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) already account for one-third of… Read More »Report: Lessons from failed COVID-19 control in Belgian nursing homes
The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) is a not-for-profit organisation focussed on improving integrated care though multidisciplinary collaborative efforts. In response to COVID-19, IFIC… Read More »8 April Webinar: Care during and beyond the COVID-19 Crisis- Building integrated care as the cornerstone of our new reality (IFIC)
