Etuini Ma’u1, Jackie Robinson1, Gary Cheung1, Neil Miller2, and Sarah Cullum1 1University of Auckland 2New Zealand Aged Care Association New report on the impact of… Read More »New report: The Long-Term Care COVID-19 situation in Aotearoa New Zealand
Maximilian Salcher-Konrad 1, Arnoupe Jhass,2,3 Huseyin Naci,4 Marselia Tan,1 Yousef El-Tawil,4 Adelina Comas-Herrera11 Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), Department of Health Policy, London School… Read More »Updated findings: Living systematic review of emerging evidence on COVID-19 related mortality and spread of disease in Long-Term Care (31 July 2020)
This webinar will explore emerging evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who provide unpaid care. We will start by hearing about… Read More »Updated programme for the 3rd of August LTCcovid webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on unpaid carers, 2pm GMT
Marta Szebehely, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University The full report is available here: Key findings: Sweden has been badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In mid-July,… Read More »New country report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Sweden
Globally, residents in care homes have experienced disproportionately high morbidity and mortality from COVID-19. Resident frailty and pre-existing structural issues in care homes are at… Read More »Video and slides of the LTCcovid webinar on: The COVID-19 outbreak in the care home sector – does ownership matter? (20th July)
National Institute on Ageing (Canada) During the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian long-term care homes implemented strict no-visitor policies to reduce the risk… Read More »Finding the Right Balance: Guidance to Support the Re-Opening of Canadian Long-Term Care Homes to Family Caregivers and Visitors during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Este recurso que originalmente se publicó en línea en el Reino Unido el 18 de abril, ahora se encuentra disponible en español. Un recurso práctico… Read More »Recurso: Traducción al español de la Estrategia para la prevención y control de infecciones por COVID-19 en instituciones de cuidados a largo plazo basada en delimitación explícita de zonas de riesgo.
This resource that originally went online in the UK on 18th April, has now been translated into Portuguese. A practical resource with a strategy for… Read More »Resource: Portuguese translation of the Care Homes Strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of Covid-19 Based on Clear Delineation of Risk Zones.
Andrea E. Schmidt, Kai Leichsenring, Heidemarie Staflinger, Charles Litwin, Annette Bauer Key findings: The Austrian LTC system has been placed under huge pressure during the… Read More »Updated report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Austria
Researchers at Macquarie University in Australia are keen to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults’ quality of life, social networks and… Read More »Study looking for participants: impact of COVID-19 on older adults in New South Wales (Australia)
