Maria Pierce, Fiona Keogh and Eamon O’Shea This post summarises very recent developments in Ireland’s long-term care policy response to COVID-19 which are explained in… Read More »Update on the COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Ireland
Maria Pierce, Independent Researcher and Adjunct Faculty Member, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University Last updated: 14.04.2020 Key Points: Ireland reports on positive… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on people who use and provide Long-Term Care in Ireland and mitigating measures
By Maria Pierce, Independent Research and Adjunct Faculty Member, Dublin City University 11th April, 2020 (this post is an updated version of: https://ltccovid.org/2020/04/08/mechanisms-to-collect-data-on-nursing-homes-and-covid-19-in-ireland/) In Ireland,… Read More »Monitoring and reporting deaths related to COVID-19 in Ireland: up to 54% of deaths due to COVID-19 were nursing home residents
By Maria Pierce, Independent Research and Adjunct Faculty Member, Dublin City University 8th April, 2020 In Ireland, epidemiological data on COVID-19 is collected centrally. Reports… Read More »Mechanisms to collect data on nursing homes and COVID-19 in Ireland
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
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
An ethical framework to guide policymakers and healthcare planners is available for download from the Government of Ireland’s website responding to COVID-19. Key principles in… Read More »Ethical framework for health policy during a pandemic (Government of Ireland)
A number of income supports are available from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection of Ireland for employees during a COVID-19 related absence… Read More »Income support (including paid care leave) available to Employees during COVID-19 (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Government of Ireland)
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has provided updated information on its supports and services that have been postponed and those that are still running. It… Read More »Ireland: update on COVID-19 dementia resources (with thanks to Maria Pierce, Dublin City University)
LTC COVID-19 – Ireland 22.03.2020 Government policy On 16 March 2020, the Irish Government published a National Action Plan on COVID-19, which will continue to… Read More »Ireland: Government Long-Term Care policy responses to COVID-19 (by Maria Pierce, Dublin City University)
