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
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 United Kingdom’s Adult Social Care Directorate (Department of Health and Social Care) published guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 on the… Read More »NEW: UK guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 incident in a care home
By Maria Pierce, Independent Research and Adjunct Faculty Member, Dublin City University 3rd April 2020 This is a short preliminary report on nursing homes and… Read More »A short preliminary report on nursing homes and Covid-19: Measures introduced in Ireland
By Miguel Ángel Manzano, independent researcher and editor of the blog Llei d’Engel There is growing evidence that COVID19 is having an enormous impact on… Read More »Report: COVID19 and long-term care in Spain: impact, underlying problems and initial measures
By Kai Leichsenring, Heidemarie Staflinger, Annette Bauer The Covid-19 outbreak is highlighting the fragility of European Long Term Care (LTC) systems at all levels. In… Read More »Report: The importance of migrant caregivers in the Austrian Long Term Care system highlighted by the COVID19 outbreak
Maria Pierce, Independent Research and Adjunct Faculty Member, Dublin City University 29.03.2020 There are 637,567 people aged 65 years and in Ireland, making up 13.4%… Read More »Report: Key issues facing the home care sector in Ireland during COVID-19
Article by Barnett and Grabowski as an Insight in JAMA highlighting the vulnerability of nursing homes to infection. It reports on the initial infection in… Read More »Article summary: Nursing homes are Ground Zero for COVID-19 epidemic (by ML Barnett and DC Grabowski)
By Kayla Wong, Terry Lum and Gloria Wong (HKU), 27th March In Hong Kong, because of the experience with the SARS epidemic in 2003, the… Read More »Report from Hong Kong: Long-Term Care Responses to COVID-19 by Increased Use of Information and Communication Technology
As reported in a previous post about the situation in care homes in Madrid, triage protocols used by hospitals mean that care home staff find… Read More »When the ambulances don’t turn up: implications of the COVID-19 hospital triage protocols for nursing homes in Madrid
