Video providing information related to the COVID-19 virus for family carers of older people. The speaker is Prof Dr Marilia Berzis, a social care worker, and… Read More »Brazil: video providing information on COVID-19 for family carers of older carers (in Portuguese)
National Academy for Palliative Care – materials to support professionals working with people under palliative care during COVID-19 outbreak, including information about how to keep… Read More »Brazil: Resources for palliative care professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak
Interim guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide guidance on Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) in the context of… Read More »NEW: World Health Organization interim guidance for infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has provided updated information on its supports and services that have been postponed and those that are still running. It… Read More »Ireland: update on COVID-19 dementia resources (with thanks to Maria Pierce, Dublin City University)
LTC COVID-19 – Ireland 22.03.2020 Government policy On 16 March 2020, the Irish Government published a National Action Plan on COVID-19, which will continue to… Read More »Ireland: Government Long-Term Care policy responses to COVID-19 (by Maria Pierce, Dublin City University)
Empfehlungen des niedersächsischen Landesgesundheitsamtes zu COVID-19 für Alten- und Pflegeheime sowie ambulante Pflegedienste: https://www.niedersachsen.de/Coronavirus/hinweise_fur_pflegeheime/hinweise-fur-krankenhauser-pflegeheime-und-ambulante-pflegedienste-185609.html
Boletín del SIIS Centro de Documentación y Estudios que recopila las medidas sociales que se están activando en el marco de la crisis del COVID-19… Read More »Bulletín COVID-19 y servicios sociales del SIIS Centro de Documentación y Estudios (España)
Information on work attendance and testing for health and residential care workers from the Australian Department of Health: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-information-on-work-attendance-and-testing-for-health-and-residential-aged-care-workers_0.pdf
Factsheet for residential aged care workers about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Australian Department of Health, including information on: how… Read More »COVID-19 information for workers in residential care facilities (Department of Health, Australia)
Resources from PZNL (Palliative Care Netherlands) for the COVID-19 implications for care at home, in nursing homes, hospitals or hospices on (in Dutch/English) Setting up… Read More »Resources from Palliative Care Netherlands on COVID-19 and palliative care
