This document has been a collaborative effort of ex-Ebola infection control workers, geriatricians, doctors and water/sanitation specialists. It builds on current UK guidance for care… Read More »Resource: Care Homes Strategy for Infection Prevention & Control of COVID-19 Based on Clear Delineation of Risk Zones
Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC-LSE In the guidance documents on how to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections in care homes in most countries (including the UK),… Read More »The problem of asymptomatic positive infections among care home staff and residents: emerging evidence and implications
Amy T. Hsu PhD (University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research—Bruyère Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care Dementia Research) and Natasha Lane MD PhD… Read More »Impact of COVID-19 on residents of Canada’s long-term care homes — ongoing challenges and policy response
Maria Pierce, Independent Researcher and Adjunct Faculty Member, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University Last updated: 14.04.2020 Key Points: Ireland reports on positive… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on people who use and provide Long-Term Care in Ireland and mitigating measures
Michael Lepore, PhD Vice President, LiveWell Institute and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University 11th April 2020 COVID-19 cases have… Read More »Going Public? Reporting of COVID-19 Cases in Long-Term Care Settings
By Maria Pierce, Independent Research and Adjunct Faculty Member, Dublin City University 11th April, 2020 (this post is an updated version of: https://ltccovid.org/2020/04/08/mechanisms-to-collect-data-on-nursing-homes-and-covid-19-in-ireland/) In Ireland,… Read More »Monitoring and reporting deaths related to COVID-19 in Ireland: up to 54% of deaths due to COVID-19 were nursing home residents
By Sara Berloto, Elisabetta Notarnicola, Eleonora Perobelli, Andrea Rotolo from the Observatory on Long Term Care, Cergas SDA Bocconi 10th April 2020 The Italian LTC… Read More »Report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care in Italy: lessons learned from an absent crisis management
By Dr. Alenka Oven, director of Institute for Long-term care, Slovenia, 9th April 2020 Impact of the COVID19 outbreak so far and population level measures… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on people who use and provide long-term care in Slovenia and mitigation measures
8th April 2020 Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC, LSE The current COVID-19 guidance for care homes in the UK was issued on the 2nd of April: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-admission-and-care-of-people-in-care-homes.… Read More »Briefing note: Current UK guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 is based on symptomatic cases, ignoring early international evidence and lessons from other countries.
McMichael TM, Currie DW et al (2020) Epidmiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington. N Engl J Med https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2005412 The… Read More »Article Summary: Epidemiology of COVID-19 in a Long-Term Facility in King Country, Washington
