By Lee-Fay Low (University of Sidney) Australia’s first COVID outbreak in long term care Australia’s second and third COVID-19 deaths were 95-year old and 82-year-old… Read More »Report: COVID-19 in nursing homes and policy responses in Australia
By Adelina Comas-Herrera (CPEC) As disturbing news emerge about the collapse of nursing homes in Spain due to COVID-19, where the army entered to find… Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths in residential and nursing homes: lessons learnt from Spain, Italy and the US
By Francesco D’Amico (CPEC), 22nd March In Italy, so far, most of the COVID-19 contagion is spreading in some provinces of the Lombardy region, notably… Read More »Report from Italy: Nursing homes in the frontline of COVID-19
Jose-Luis Fernandez-Plotka (CPEC) Newspaper articles on the situation in nursing homes in Madrid (Spain), it is estimated that by the 19th March, 70 people had… Read More »COVID-19 reports from nursing homes in Madrid (Spain): ambulances not turning up, insufficient staff, lack of PPE. Goverment drafts in army support.
The Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SBGG) has issued recommendations for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (with thanks to… Read More »Brazil: Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 infections in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly (Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology)
Interim guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide guidance on Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) in the context of… Read More »NEW: World Health Organization interim guidance for infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities
Empfehlungen des niedersächsischen Landesgesundheitsamtes zu COVID-19 für Alten- und Pflegeheime sowie ambulante Pflegedienste: https://www.niedersachsen.de/Coronavirus/hinweise_fur_pflegeheime/hinweise-fur-krankenhauser-pflegeheime-und-ambulante-pflegedienste-185609.html
Information on work attendance and testing for health and residential care workers from the Australian Department of Health: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-information-on-work-attendance-and-testing-for-health-and-residential-aged-care-workers_0.pdf
Factsheet for residential aged care workers about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Australian Department of Health, including information on: how… Read More »COVID-19 information for workers in residential care facilities (Department of Health, Australia)
Guideline developed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) for residential care facilities where they has been a COVID-19 outbreak, including a clear flow-chart summary… Read More »Guidelines for residential care facilities where there has been a COVID-19 outbreak (CDNA, Australia)
