William Byrd, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science). This evidence summary seeks to… Read More »Evidence summary: What research is there linking hospital discharges to Covid-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities?
David Bell, University of Stirling Delayed discharges occur when a hospital patient considered well enough to return to the wider community continues to occupy a… Read More »Delayed Hospital Discharges in Scotland: What Happened in March 2020?
Klara Lorenz-Dant, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science 17.04.2020 Key points Guidelines in England and Germany emphasise the importance… Read More »Comparing COVID-19 guidance on hospital discharges to care homes in England and Germany
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
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
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
Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC, LSE 3rd April, 2020 There is growing evidence from Spain, Italy and the United States that people living in care homes are… Read More »Measures to prevent and control COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes and support continuity of care
A letter to the editor of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society by Li Feng Tan and Santhosh Seetharaman, published on the 26th of… Read More »Article summary: Preventing the spread of COVID-19 to Nursing Homes, Evidence from a Singapore Geriatric Centre (Tan and Seetharaman)
By Annette Bauer, CPEC LSE Palliative care has an important role to play in the response to Covid-19, in order to ensure that people who… Read More »COVID19: Providing palliative care for the many
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health institute in the United States. The CDC has produced advice on how to… Read More »Reducing stigma related to COVID-19 (CDC, United States)
