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Article summary: Vaccine effectiveness after 1st and 2nd dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer/BioNTech) Covid-19 vaccine in long-term care facility residents and healthcare workers – a Danish cohort study (pre-print)

Study authors: Ida Rask Moustsen-Helms, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Jens Nielsen, Katrine Finderup Nielsen, Tyra Grove Krause, Kåre Mølbak, Karina Lauenborg Møller, Ann-Sofie Nicole Berthelsen, Palle Valentiner-Branth The study: This is a pre-print (not yet peer reviewed) of the first study to report vaccine… Read More »Article summary: Vaccine effectiveness after 1st and 2nd dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer/BioNTech) Covid-19 vaccine in long-term care facility residents and healthcare workers – a Danish cohort study (pre-print)

Samir Sinha (Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @DrSamirSinha Cameron Feil (National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @Cameron_Feil Natalie Iciaszczyk (National Institute… Read More »The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes, 9th March update

Margarita Estévez-Abe PhD (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University) and Hiroo Ide PhD (Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo) The… Read More »New report: COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care system in Japan

This webinar, on the 8th March 2021, brought together researchers on Long-Term Care from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The… Read More »Video and slides of the webinar on: COVID-19 and long-term care in the Nordic countries (8th March)

Kerstin Hämel (Universität Bielefeld), Annett Horn (Fachhochschule Münster), Ariane Rolf (Fachhochschule Bielefeld), Katharina Graffmann-Weschke (AOK Pflege Akademie der AOK Nordost), Gabriela Petereit-Haack (Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt), Patrick… Read More »Background Paper on Enabling Social Contact for Nursing Home Residents during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Samir Sinha (Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @DrSamirSinha Cameron Feil (National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @Cameron_Feil Natalie Iciaszczyk (National Institute… Read More »The Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes, 3rd March 2021 update

This webinar, on the 22nd February 2021, brought together international speakers who have looked at care home models from a variety of perspectives, before and… Read More »Video and slides of the webinar on: COVID-19 and the care homes of the future (22nd February)

Alzheimer’s Disease International hosted a webinar on COVID-19 vaccines and the global dementia community on the 25th of February 2021, including an overview of the… Read More »Webinar recording: COVID-19 vaccines and the global dementia movement (Alzheimer’s Disease International)

Samir Sinha (Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @DrSamirSinha Cameron Feil (National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @Cameron_Feil Natalie Iciaszczyk (National Institute… Read More »The Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Canadian Long-Term Care homes, 22nd February update