Dementia

Resource: A plain-language ethical guidance tool for people who work in long term care, including a person-centred isolation care plan worksheet and decision-making worksheet

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020
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Andrea Iaboni (Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network) Decision-making during a pandemic is fraught with many difficulties. This… Read More »Resource: A plain-language ethical guidance tool for people who work in long term care, including a person-centred isolation care plan worksheet and decision-making worksheet

Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Long-Term Care in the United States

April 24, 2020April 26, 2020

Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Nathan A. Boucher, Walter D. Dawson 24 April 2020 This posts summarises key challenges in the long-term care policy responses to… Read More »Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Long-Term Care in the United States

Report: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with dementia in Spain

April 24, 2020April 29, 2020

21 April 2020 By Aida Suarez-Gonzalez1 Adelina Comas-Herrera2 1Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology at Queen Square, University College London. 2 Care Policy and… Read More »Report: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with dementia in Spain

Updates on the German long-term care policy response to COVID-19

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

By Klara Lorenz-Dant (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) 24th April 2020 This posts summarises very recent developments in… Read More »Updates on the German long-term care policy response to COVID-19

Support for people living with dementia during COVID-19 (Rare Dementia Support)

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

Rare Dementia Support is a charity based in the UK researching six rare dementias. They have collected information related to dementia and COVID-19 and created… Read More »Support for people living with dementia during COVID-19 (Rare Dementia Support)

Supporting people living with dementia and their carers in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
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10th April 2020 Adelina Comas-Herrera1, Klara Lorenz-Dant1, Cleusa Ferri2, Ishtar Govia3, Tara Puspitarini Sani4 5, Roxanne Jacobs6, Mariana Lopez-Ortega7, Christine Musyimi8, Meera Pattabiraman9, Wendy Weidner10,… Read More »Supporting people living with dementia and their carers in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19

Materials to support people with dementia and their carers through COVID19, from Chile (in Spanish)

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020

With thanks to Andrea Maria Slachevsky As a printable leaflet:

Understanding and Responding to Changes in Behaviour in People with Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NHSC Trust, UK)

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

The Northern Health and Social Care (NHSC) Trust serves a portion of the population in Northern Ireland. They have created ‘Supporting Carers and Care Staff to Understand and Respond… Read More »Understanding and Responding to Changes in Behaviour in People with Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NHSC Trust, UK)

Report: Responses to COVID-19 infection in a care home for people with dementia in Germany

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

By Klara Lorenz-Dant (CPEC LSE) In an earlier post we described how the Ministry for Health and the health authority in Lower Saxony focused on… Read More »Report: Responses to COVID-19 infection in a care home for people with dementia in Germany

COVID-19: Tips for people living with dementia (Dementia Australia)

March 27, 2020March 28, 2020

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)

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