Alex Garner and Rachel Stocker (Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University) The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on adult social care. The provisional number of… Read More »Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care home pathways, outcomes and safety of care
Adelina Comas-Herrera, Joseba Zalakaín, Elizabeth Lemmon, David Henderson, Charles Litwin, Amy T. Hsu, Andrea E. Schmidt, Greg Arling, Florien Kruse and Jose-Luis Fernández The full… Read More »Updated international report: Mortality associated with COVID-19 in care homes, data up to 26th January 2021
This webinar will explore experiences on safe visiting in care homes during COVID-19 in Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, the UK and USA, and will present… Read More »Save the date for the next LTCcovid webinar: International guidelines and emerging practices for safe visiting at care homes during COVID-19, 1st February 1pm GMT
Jenni Burton is a clinical lecturer and specialist registrar in geriatric medicine, based at the University of Glasgow. She is passionate about improving the utilisation… Read More »Video, LTCcovid conversation with Dr Jenni Burton, on improving the use of data to understand the needs of those living and working in care homes
The World Health Organization has updated its interim guidance first published on 21 March 2020) on for long-term care facilities in the context of COVID-19,… Read More »World Health Organization: updated Infection Prevention and Control interim guidance for long-term care facilities in the context of COVID-19, 8 January 2021
Stefanie Ettelt, Lorraine Williams, Jacqueline Damant, Raphael Wittenberg People like to live where they best feel at home and in control of their lives. This… Read More »What kind of home is a care home and what do we want it to be in future?
Alice Ashwell, Roxanne Jacobs, Sumaiyah Docrat and Marguerite Schneider (STRiDE South Africa) With the outbreak of Covid-19 in South Africa in March 2020, the National… Read More »How Long-term Dementia Care Facilities in South Africa have coped with the Covid-19 Lockdown
Eric Fewster, Independent Water & Environmental Manager, UK This care homes strategy is based around a fundamental understanding of asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic transmission as a… Read More »Updated Care homes strategy for Infection Prevention and Control of COVID-19, based on a clear delineation of risk zones
Arling, G., Blaser, M., Cailas, M., Canar, J., Cooper, B., Geraci, P., Osiecki, K., & Sambanis, A. (2020). A second wave of COVID-19 in Cook… Read More »Article Summary: A second wave of COVID-19 in Chicago USA: A case for urgent action
Bethell J, Aelick K, Babineau J, Bretzlaff M, Edwards C, Gibson J-L, Colborne DH, Iaboni A, Lender D, Schon D, McGilton K (@EncoaRteam) Social connection… Read More »Social Connection in Long-Term Care homes
