Patrick A. Wachholz, Cleusa P. Ferri, Elaine Mateus, Fabiana da Mata, Paulo J.F. Villas-Boas, Helena A.W.Watanabe, Déborah Oliveira The full report is available here: Key… Read More »Updated report: COVID-19 situation in Brazilian care homes and actions taken to mitigate infection and reduce mortality
Karla Wazinski (Goethe University Frankfurt), Lea Knopf (University of Bremen), Anna Wanka (Goethe University Frankfurt) and Moritz Hess (University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein) Imagine accommodating… Read More »How does COVID-19 affect Caring Students? Challenges of Reconciling Studies and Care during the Pandemic
Clarissa Giebel, Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool The COVID-19 pandemic is having detrimental impacts on the care provision for people living with… Read More »Emerging evidence: Decision-making for receiving paid home care for dementia in the time of COVID-19, a qualitative study (UK)
Caitlin Littleton, Asia Pacific Regional Programme Adviser- Care and Health, HelpAge International. Contact: caitlin@helpageasia.org The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the inadequacy of current societal and… Read More »COVID-19, women and the care economy: a new UN Women policy brief
By: Dr Sarah House and Eric Fewster Building on previous analysis of IPC guidance and the history of asymptomatic transmission In early April 2020 we… Read More »An Infection Prevention and Control perspective on why COVID-19 has had such a deadly impact on care home residents in the UK
Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major… Read More »Restoring Trust: COVID-19 and the Future of Long-Term Care (Canada)
In this webinar we will learn about early research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who work in long-term care and we… Read More »Next LTCcovid webinar: COVID-19 and Long-Term Care workforce, 7th September, 2pm GMT
David Bell (University of Stirling), Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) , David Henderson (Edinburgh Napier University,… Read More »COVID-19 mortality and long-term care: a UK comparison
Sinéad McGarry & Kerry Cuskelly (Irish Association of Social Workers) Concerned by both the disproportionate, devastating impact of Covid-19 in Irish nursing homes and the… Read More »Beyond Clinical Care; Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Residents; A Response from Irish Social Workers.
In this webinar we will learn about early research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who work in long-term care and we… Read More »Save the date for the next LTCcovid webinar: COVID-19 and the long-term care workforce (7 September, 2pm GMT)
