The team working on the international report on mortality linked to COVID-19 among those using and providing long-term care services (including those living in care… Read More »Announcement: the updated report on mortality linked to COVID-19 among those using and providing Long-Term Care will be published on 14th of October
Sean P. Kennelly1, Adam H. Dyer1, Claire Noonan1, Ruth Martin2, Siobhan M. Kennelly2, Alan Martin3, Desmond O’Neill1, Aoife Fallon1 1. Department of Age-Related Healthcare, Tallaght… Read More »Evidence summary: COVID-19 in Irish Nursing homes, Asymptomatic carriage rates and case fatality
Lindsay Farrant and Kerene Payne, School of Public Health and Family Medicine (Palliative Medicine), University of Cape Town At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More »Responding to the Palliative Care needs of the South African people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Full article link and citation: Van der Roest HG, Prins M, van der Velden C, Steinmetz S, Stolte E, vanTilburg TG, de Vries DH, The… Read More »Emerging evidence: The impact of COVID-19 measures on well-being of older long-term care facility residents in the Netherlands (JAMDA)
Clarissa Giebel, Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool Our qualitative interviews with carers and people with dementia have shown us just how badly… Read More »Emerging evidence: access to social care support services and impact on people with dementia and carers (UK)
PROGRAMME: Current LTC workforce challenges and policy responses Eileen Rocard, OECD COVID-19 Hazard Pay for Long-Term Care Workers: A multi-country study of policy approaches Amy Hsu PhD,… Read More »Video and slides from the LTCcovid webinar on COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care Workforce (7th September 2020)
Dr Sarah Russell, Suzanne Wightman, Professional and Practice Development Team, Dementia UK and family carers with lived experience. The outbreak of coronavirus has been a… Read More »Dementia UK: Care Homes and the Coronavirus Outbreak Advice and Information
Clarissa Giebel, Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool Shortly after the nationwide lockdown came into force, we spoke to 50 unpaid carers and… Read More »Impact of COVID-19 related social support service closures on people with dementia and unpaid carers: a qualitative study
Heinz Rothgang (U. of Bremen), Karin Wolf-Ostermann (U. of Bremen), Dominik Domhoff (U. of Bremen), Franziska Heinze, (U. of Bremen), Moritz Heß (U. of Applied… Read More »How Covid-19 has affected informal caregivers and their lives in Germany
At the next Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum webinar, Dr Clarissa Giebel will share some emerging findings from her research into how COVID-19 public… Read More »Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research forum webinar: how COVID-19 restrictions have affected people with dementia and their carers, 16 Sept.
