A practical resource with a strategy for care homes for infection prevention and control, based on a clear separation of risk zones. The aim is… Read More »Resource: Care Homes Strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of Covid-19 Based on Clear Delineation of Risk Zones (update)
Arons MM, Hatfield KM, Reddy SC, et al. Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility. N Engl J Med. April 2020:NEJMoa2008457. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2008457… Read More »Article Summary: Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility
Klara Lorenz-Dant, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science Last updated: 15.04.2020 Key points The German Government has issued financial… Read More »Report on the COVID-19 long-term care situation in Germany
A letter to the editor of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society by Li Feng Tan and Santhosh Seetharaman, published on the 26th of… Read More »Article summary: Preventing the spread of COVID-19 to Nursing Homes, Evidence from a Singapore Geriatric Centre (Tan and Seetharaman)
Hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) provides regular calls/webinars related to public health emergencies, and… Read More »Webinar: COVID-19 Information for Long-term Care Facilities (COCA, CDC, United States)
Vanessa Davey, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca 29th March 2020 The pace of expansion of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain has been very fast. Comparative… Read More »Report: the COVID19 crisis in care homes in Spain: recipe for a perfect storm
In an attempt to shield care home residents from infection, 150 care home residents without symptoms are being moved into hotel accommodation in Barcelona. So… Read More »Report from Spain: Moving care home residents to hotels in Barcelona to reduce risk of COVID-19 contagion
Nurturing Innovation in Care Home Excellence in Leeds (NICHE-Leeds) is a partnership between care homes and academia. They have created a poster adapting the World Health Organisation COVID-19 guidelines for… Read More »Poster for COVID-19 prevention and management in care homes (NICHE-Leeds, UK)
Summary of a Morbidity and Mortality report by Kimball et al (see citation and link below). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US) tested… Read More »Article summary: symptom-based screening in Skilled Nursing Facilities could fail to identify half of residents with COVID19
Article by Barnett and Grabowski as an Insight in JAMA highlighting the vulnerability of nursing homes to infection. It reports on the initial infection in… Read More »Article summary: Nursing homes are Ground Zero for COVID-19 epidemic (by ML Barnett and DC Grabowski)
