Please note that this article is currently under review with a journal and may be subject to change Florien M. Kruse*1, Jasmine Mah2, Sanne Metsemakers1,… Read More »Preprint: The Relationship between Ownership of Nursing Homes and their Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review
The Center for Health Policy Evaluation in Long-Term Care have published a report comparing the weekly rate of new COVID infections among staff and residents… Read More »Emerging evidence on reduction in COVID-19 infections in nursing homes with the first dose of vaccine (US)
Clarissa Giebel, Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool Care homes have featured heavily in the news since the pandemic, either for being virus… Read More »COVID-19 public health measures and their impact on social support services for dementia – A longitudinal UK survey
Klara Lorenz-Dant and Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) Now publised in the Journal of Long-Term Care:… Read More »The impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid carers of adults with long-term care needs and measures to address these impacts: a rapid review of evidence up to November 2020
Berridge, C., Parsey, C.M., Ramirez, M., Freitag, C., Johnson, I.M., Allard, S.W. An interdisciplinary team of aging researchers at the University of Washington released a… Read More »Caring for Washington’s older adults in the COVID-19 pandemic: Interviews with organization leaders about the state of social and healthcare services
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
Brown KA, Jones A, Daneman N, Chan AK, Schwartz KL, Garber GE, Costa AP and Stall NM. Association Between Nursing Home Crowding and COVID-19 Infection… Read More »Article summary: Association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 infection and mortality in Ontario, Canada
Professor Shereen Hussein (@DrShereeHussein) The British social care workforce has been under extreme pressure since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. This pressure… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on social care workers’ workload, wellbeing and ability to provide care safely: Findings from the UK
Full report: National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2020, October 16). What risk factors areassociated with COVID-19 outbreaks and mortality in long-term care facilities… Read More »Emerging evidence: Rapid review of risk factors associated with COVID-19 outbreaks and mortality in long-term care facilities and what strategies mitigate risk?
