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
By Lee-Fay Low (University of Sidney) Last update: 3rd April 2020 Background Australia spends $18.4 Billion dollars on aged care a year, the additional funds are 2.4%… Read More »Australia: COVID-19 impact on long-term care and mitigation measures
By Annette Bauer, CPEC LSE Palliative care has an important role to play in the response to Covid-19, in order to ensure that people who… Read More »COVID19: Providing palliative care for the many
Dementia Australia, registered non-profit charity and a member of Alzheimer’s Disease International, shares COVID-19 related tips for people living with dementia. These tips include practicing… Read More »COVID-19: Tips for people living with dementia (Dementia Australia)
The Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (an academic research center which aims to identify cost-effective policies that improve the health of people… Read More »COVID-19: Call for policy action to protect people with disability (CRE-DH, Australia)
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
