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
My name is John Black and I have worked in social care services for over 40 years as a social worker. Having worked in Jordan… Read More »Personal account: reflecting on Jordan’s success in managing COVID-19 and protecting care homes
By Dr Sarah House and Eric Fewster In early April 2020, we became aware of the increasing problems that care homes were facing with increasing… Read More »Mapping of UK Government Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for COVID-19 in Care Homes
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
Michael Leiblfinger and Veronika Prieler (Austria), Karin Schwiter and Jennifer Steiner (Switzerland), Aranka Benazha and Helma Lutz (Germany) 14th May 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has… Read More »Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on live-in care workers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
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)
Lee-Fay Low (University of Sydney) 12th May 2020 Key points: Many governments and care homes have instituted complete lockdowns of care homes banning all visitors.… Read More »Easing lockdowns in care homes during COVID-19: risks and risk reduction
Adelina Comas-Herrera and Jose-Luis Fernández (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science) 17th May 2020 New… Read More »Estimates of number of deaths of care home residents linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in England
Adelina Comas-Herrera, Elizabeth C. Ashcroft and Klara Lorenz-Dant (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) 11th May 2020 The full… Read More »Updated report: international examples of measures to prevent and manage COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes
