John Black (Northern Ireland Co-operation Overseas, NI-CO, Jordan) Key actions taken to limit the spread of COVID – 19 in Jordan So far, there have… Read More »New country report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Jordan
COVID Trauma Response Working Group There has been increasing recognition of the contribution that social care staff are making to the COVID-19 response. Importantly, this… Read More »How has COVID-19 affected UK care staff? Invitation to participate in a survey to understand care staff experiences and support needs
PREPRINT (not yet peer reviewed): SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homesNeil SN Graham, Cornelia Junghans, Rawlda Downes, Catherine Sendall, Helen Lai, Annie McKirdy, Paul Elliott, Robert Howard, David Wingfield, Miles Priestman, Marta Ciechonska, Loren Cameron, Marko Storch, Michael Crone, Paul Freemont, Paul Randell, Robert McLaren, Nicola Lang, Shamez Ladhani, Frances Sanderson, David J SharpmedRxiv 2020.05.19.20105460; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105460 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105460v1 They study: Aim: to… Read More »Emerging evidence summary: SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes (preprint)
Tine Rostgaard (Roskilde University) Key findings: COVID-19 has been contained in Denmark, with low mortality rates and relatively few persons hospitalised. 563 persons, or the… Read More »New report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Denmark
Adelina Comas-Herrera, Joseba Zalakaín, Charles Litwin, Amy T. Hsu, Natasha Lane and Jose-Luis Fernández The international report on the number of deaths in care homes… Read More »Number of deaths of care home residents and the COVID-19 pandemic: growing international evidence
Klara Lorenz Dant, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science New report providing examples of policy and practice measures adopted… Read More »New report: International examples of measures to support unpaid carers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Walter D. Dawson, Elizabeth C. Ashcroft, Klara Lorenz-Dant and Adelina Comas-Herrera New report summarising international measures to support community-based care during the COVID-19 outbreak Key… Read More »Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Review of International Measures to Support Community-Based Care
David Bell, David Henderson and Elizabeth Lemmon New report analysis existing data on the number of deaths of care home residents in Scotland: Key findings:… Read More »Deaths in Scottish care homes and COVID-19
Jenni Burton, Claire Goodman, Terry Quinn 14 May 2020 While we cannot roll back the clock, it is worth pondering what could have been possible… Read More »The invisibility of the UK care home population – UK care homes and a minimum dataset
We’re delighted to announce the first LTCcovid webinar, free to attend, please register using the link below: Date And Time: Mon, 18 May 2020, 14:00… Read More »LTCcovid webinar: International responses to COVID-19 in care homes (18 May, free)
