This webinar, held on 19th July 2021, reviewed the COVID-19 pandemic experiences of the Long-Term Care systems in France, Italy and Portugal, as well as… Read More »Video and slides for the webinar: COVID-19 and long-term care systems: perspectives from France, Italy and Portugal, and an overview of OECD responses
This webinar will review the COVID-19 pandemic experiences of the Long-Term Care systems in France, Italy and Portugal, as well as an international overview from… Read More »Webinar announcement: COVID-19 and long-term care systems: perspectives from France, Italy and Portugal, and an overview of OECD responses. 19th July, 2pm GMT
Summary by Will Byrd (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE) Over the past year and a half, Vilans, the National Centre for Expertise for long-term… Read More »Vilans report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care: what we have learnt in 8 European countries from 1.5 years of COVID-19
Eurocarers in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (IRCCS-INRCA), and with the support of the European Commission, carried out an… Read More »The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal carers across Europe (Eurocarers)
Contributors: Jorge Browne Salas, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Gemma Drou Roget, Stefanie Ettelt, Cleusa P. Ferri, Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas, Nina Hemmings, Manuela Hödl, Roxanne Jacobs, Yorelle Kalika,… Read More »National discussions on mandatory vaccination for long-term care staff in 24 countries. LTCcovid international overviews of long-term care policies and practices in relation to Covid-19 (No. 1, May 2021)
William Byrd, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Siân Smith, Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London,… Read More »PREPRINT: What long-term care interventions and policy measures have been studied during the Covid-19 pandemic? Findings from a rapid mapping review of the scientific evidence published during 2020
By Andrea E. Schmidt1, Linda A. Abboud2, Petronille Bogaert2,3 1 Senior Health Expert, Department of Health Economics and Health Systems Analysis, Austrian National Public Health Institute,… Read More »Making the case for strong health information systems – also in Long-Term Care
Evidence summary by Sian Smith, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) Evidence is emerging on… Read More »Evidence summary: emerging evidence on the protective effect of vaccines from COVID-19 infections among care home populations
In February 2021, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) started collecting aggregate national surveillance data from European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries,… Read More »Surveillance data on COVID-19 among people who live in Long-Term Care Facilities (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC)
The Global Ageing Network released ELDER CARE PROVIDERS & COVID-19: Cross- Cultural Perspectives. With support from LeadingAge and Standards Wise International, Dr. Emi Kiyota, an environmental gerontologist and organizational culture change specialist,… Read More »Elder Care providers and COVID-19: Cross-cultural perspectives research report (summary)
