The European Social Network supports the design and delivery of social service across Europe. They are hosting a webinar titled “Webinar: ‘Ensuring continuity of care… Read More »Webinar: ‘Ensuring continuity of care in times of crisis’ on 1 April 2020 (European Social Network)
By Klara Lorenz-Dant (CPEC LSE) In an earlier post we described how the Ministry for Health and the health authority in Lower Saxony focused on… Read More »Report: Responses to COVID-19 infection in a care home for people with dementia in Germany
Vanessa Davey, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca 29th March 2020 The pace of expansion of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain has been very fast. Comparative… Read More »Report: the COVID19 crisis in care homes in Spain: recipe for a perfect storm
Adelina Comas-Herrera and Jose-Luis Fernandez-Plotka (CPEC, LSE) Latest update: 30th March 2020 pm This document summarizes policy measures have been compiled mostly from contributions to… Read More »Summary of international policy measures to limit impact of COVID19 on people who rely on the Long-Term Care sector
Adelina Comas-Herrera and Jose-Luis Fernandez-Plotka (CPEC, LSE) 29th March 2020 Presentation that summarises key measures to prevent and control COVID19 outbreaks in care homes, and… Read More »Key measures to prevent and control COVID19 outbreaks in care homes and support continuity of care
In an attempt to shield care home residents from infection, 150 care home residents without symptoms are being moved into hotel accommodation in Barcelona. So… Read More »Report from Spain: Moving care home residents to hotels in Barcelona to reduce risk of COVID-19 contagion
Skills for Care, an independent UK charity supporting adult social care, has created a list of helpful links related to COVID-19. In addition, they are… Read More »Collection of links to support social care (Skills for Care, UK)
Adelina Comas-Herrera (CPEC) There is a growing number of examples of “strike teams” or “rapid response teams” being sent to care homes that become overwhelmed,… Read More »Tackling COVID-19 outbreaks and staff shortages in care homes: deploying rapid response teams
Nurturing Innovation in Care Home Excellence in Leeds (NICHE-Leeds) is a partnership between care homes and academia. They have created a poster adapting the World Health Organisation COVID-19 guidelines for… Read More »Poster for COVID-19 prevention and management in care homes (NICHE-Leeds, UK)
Summary of a Morbidity and Mortality report by Kimball et al (see citation and link below). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US) tested… Read More »Article summary: symptom-based screening in Skilled Nursing Facilities could fail to identify half of residents with COVID19
