This webinar will be an opportunity to share, and gather feedback on, research to identify areas in which international evidence can inform policy and practice… Read More »Webinar announcement: The social care sector in England and COVID-19: mapping the way towards recovery and increased resilience, 24th May 2pm GMT
Evidence summary by Sian Smith, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) This summary covers three… Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks during or shortly after vaccination of care home residents: summary of three studies from the US and Germany
Next Steps in COVID-19 Response in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes 17 May, 2020 at 12pm Eastern Time in Canada and 5pm UK Time As… Read More »Webinar announcement: Using video simulations to help LTC homes improve responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the Next steps in COVID-19 responses in Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes series (Health Care Excellence, Canada)
Vicente Rodríguez Rodríguez (@vrrodriguez) CCHS-CSIC Carmen Pérez de Arenaza (@CarmenPdAE) CCHS-CSIC The Research Group on Aging (GIE-CSIC), together with researchers from several universities in Madrid, is… Read More »Care homes and COVID-19. The challenge of older people’s health during the coronavirus pandemic (CSIC, Spain)
Mark Ward, Senior Research Fellow at The Irish LongituDinal study of Ageing (TILDA), and Maria Gillan, TILDA Research Communications Officer In the first quarter of… Read More »COVID -19 Crisis and Ireland’s Older Adults: TILDA report highlights scale of impact in the Irish context (a summary)
Evidence summary by Sian Smith, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) Evidence is emerging on… Read More »Evidence summary: emerging evidence on the protective effect of vaccines from COVID-19 infections among care home populations
In February 2021, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) started collecting aggregate national surveillance data from European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries,… Read More »Surveillance data on COVID-19 among people who live in Long-Term Care Facilities (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC)
As is the case in a number of countries currently rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations, family carers are not currently included on the Vaccine Prioritisation Programme… Read More »Care Alliance Ireland: Position on COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritisation for Family Carers
The Global Ageing Network released ELDER CARE PROVIDERS & COVID-19: Cross- Cultural Perspectives. With support from LeadingAge and Standards Wise International, Dr. Emi Kiyota, an environmental gerontologist and organizational culture change specialist,… Read More »Elder Care providers and COVID-19: Cross-cultural perspectives research report (summary)
Samir Sinha (Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @DrSamirSinha Cameron Feil (National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University) @Cameron_Feil Natalie Iciaszczyk (National Institute… Read More »The Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes, 9th April update
