Alzheimer Indonesia is an NGO working to improve quality of life of people with dementia and their carers in Indonesia. An article on social distancing… Read More »Social distancing advice for older people to reduce the risk of COVID-19 Transmission (Alzheimer’s Indonesia)
The Local Government Association (the network of local governments throughout the UK) summarises pressures on social care providers arising from COVID-19, and provides ways in… Read More »A guidance to commissioners on alleviating pressures on social care providers during COVID-19 (Local Government Association, UK)
Alzheimer’s Indonesia is an NGO working to improve quality of life of people with dementia and their carers in Indonesia. The organisation’s website has published… Read More »Advice for those living with an older family member to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission from Alzheimer’s Indonesia
Independent Lives (a UK user-led NGO that supports people with support needs and carers) provides information on how to minimise the spread of COVID-19 to… Read More »COVID-19 advice for Direct Payment Employers (Independent Lives, UK)
By Lee-Fay Low (University of Sidney) Australia’s first COVID outbreak in long term care Australia’s second and third COVID-19 deaths were 95-year old and 82-year-old… Read More »Report: COVID-19 in nursing homes and policy responses in Australia
By Adelina Comas-Herrera (CPEC) As disturbing news emerge about the collapse of nursing homes in Spain due to COVID-19, where the army entered to find… Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths in residential and nursing homes: lessons learnt from Spain, Italy and the US
By Francesco D’Amico (CPEC), 22nd March In Italy, so far, most of the COVID-19 contagion is spreading in some provinces of the Lombardy region, notably… Read More »Report from Italy: Nursing homes in the frontline of COVID-19
Jose-Luis Fernandez-Plotka (CPEC) Newspaper articles on the situation in nursing homes in Madrid (Spain), it is estimated that by the 19th March, 70 people had… Read More »COVID-19 reports from nursing homes in Madrid (Spain): ambulances not turning up, insufficient staff, lack of PPE. Goverment drafts in army support.
Covid Mutual Aid UK is a group of volunteers supporting local community groups organising mutual aid throughout the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK. Their basic… Read More »Resources to set up COVID-19 mutual aid groups (Covid Mutual Aid UK)
The Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SBGG) has issued recommendations for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (with thanks to… Read More »Brazil: Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 infections in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly (Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology)
