Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC LSE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US) tested 76 (93%) residents in a skilled nursing facility where there was an… Read More »Early evidence on preventing spread of COVID-19 in care homes: isolation of residents and staff who are symptomatic vs. suspected of COVID-19
Active Lincolnshire is an Active Partnership in England supporting physical activity for all ages. They have curated dozens of links/videos to indoor exercise tips and… Read More »Physical activity for all ages while staying indoors (Active Lincolnshire, UK)
The Northern Health and Social Care (NHSC) Trust serves a portion of the population in Northern Ireland. They have created ‘Supporting Carers and Care Staff to Understand and Respond… Read More »Understanding and Responding to Changes in Behaviour in People with Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NHSC Trust, UK)
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
The BBC provides a brief overview of how people with dementia and their carers deal with self-isolation. Respondents have reported to have reduced the frequency… Read More »Experience of self-isolation by people with dementia and their carers (BBC, UK)
Professor Shereen Hussein, PSSRU Kent Twitter: @DrShereeHussein The COVID19 pandemic has created urgent and unparalleled pressures on health systems across the world including the United… Read More »Report: Impact of COVID19 on Frontline Long Term Care Workers’ Wellbeing
The Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University conducts cross-disciplinary research related to dementia. They have created free training materials online including dementia awareness,… Read More »Free dementia training resources (Centre for Dementia Research, UK)
Skills for Care, an independent UK charity supporting adult social care, has created a list of helpful links related to COVID-19. In addition, they are… Read More »Collection of links to support social care (Skills for Care, UK)
Nurturing Innovation in Care Home Excellence in Leeds (NICHE-Leeds) is a partnership between care homes and academia. They have created a poster adapting the World Health Organisation COVID-19 guidelines for… Read More »Poster for COVID-19 prevention and management in care homes (NICHE-Leeds, UK)
DanceSyndrome normally provides in-person dance lessons designed for all abilities, led by people with learning disabilities. To accommodate for these unprecedented times, they are offering… Read More »DanceSyndrome moves dance classes online (UK)
