Heinz Rothgang, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Dominik Domhoff, Anna Carina Friedrich, Franziska Heinze, Benedikt Preuss, Annika Schmidt, Kathrin Seibert, and Claudia Stolle (University of Bremen) The full… Read More »Care Homes and COVID-19: Results of an Online Survey in Germany
CLIC (Coping with Loneliness, Isolation and Covid-19) Investigators Prof. Iracema Leroi, Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin (Principal Investigator) Prof. Brian Lawlor, Global Brain… Read More »Study looking for participants: international survey of family carers of people living with dementia (CLIC)
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 »Next LTCcovid webinar: The COVID-19 outbreak in the care home sector – does ownership matter? 20th July, 2 GMT
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
Alice Ashwell, Roxanne Jacobs, Sumaiyah Docrat and Marguerite Schneider (STRiDE South Africa) The full report (including initial survey findings) is available here: Key findings: Provision… Read More »The Impact of Covid-19 on Long-term Care Facilities in South Africa, with a specific focus on Dementia Care
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)
In person contact with family and other visitors are extremely important to people living in care homes. In many countries visits to care homes have… Read More »National and regional guidance relating to allowing family and other visitors back into care homes
Kayla Wong, Terry Lum and Gloria Wong (The University of Hong Kong) The full report is here: Key findings: Hong Kong is going through the… Read More »Updated report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Hong Kong
Reopening care homes – Lee-Fay Low, University of Sidney, Australia 0:01:35 Dr Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith, De Montfort University, UK 21:08 Allowing visitors back in nursing homes,… Read More »Video and slides from the 6th of July LTCcovid webinar: Re-opening care homes to family and other visitors
