Jenni Burton (Clinical Lecturer, Academic Geriatric Medicine, University of Glasgow, @JenniKBurton) August 2021 was an important month for long-term care in Scotland with the publication… Read More »Learning lessons and looking forwards – new Scottish publications impacting long-term care policy
Jenni Burton is a clinical lecturer and specialist registrar in geriatric medicine, based at the University of Glasgow. She is passionate about improving the utilisation… Read More »Video, LTCcovid conversation with Dr Jenni Burton, on improving the use of data to understand the needs of those living and working in care homes
Elizabeth Lemmon (University of Edinburgh) and David Bell (University of Stirling) On the 14th December LTCcovid.org held the final webinar of the year: international experiences… Read More »COVID-19 and mortality in Scotland’s Long-Term Care system
By Jenni Burton Care home residents, staff and relatives have suffered disproportionately from the impacts of COVID-19. Much has been learned on an international level… Read More »New resources for care home staff supporting residents with COVID-19
Grant Gibson and Cate Pemble (The Sustaining Resilient Communities Research Team, University of Stirling) Why Community Organisations? The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis the likes… Read More »New project: Sustaining Resilience and Wellbeing Among Frontline Community-Based Care and Support Workers to Vulnerable People during a Time of Crisis
Online Event, Thursday 19th November, 13:00 – 14.30 GMT Hosted by the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), this online seminar will focus on… Read More »SCADR Webinar announcement: COVID-19 and Care Homes. Advances in Administrative Data Research during the pandemic (Scotland)
David Bell (University of Stirling), David Henderson (Edinburgh Napier University, Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research), Elizabeth Lemmon, (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Health Economics) and… Read More »Updated report: Deaths in Scottish care homes and COVID-19 up to 3rd June
David Bell, University of Stirling Delayed discharges occur when a hospital patient considered well enough to return to the wider community continues to occupy a… Read More »Delayed Hospital Discharges in Scotland: What Happened in March 2020?
David Bell, David Henderson and Elizabeth Lemmon New report analysis existing data on the number of deaths of care home residents in Scotland: Key findings:… Read More »Deaths in Scottish care homes and COVID-19
Jenni Burton, Deans Buchanan, Jo Hockley, Alison Strath and Anne Wilson It’s 2am and a doctor attends to review Elsie. Elsie’s been unwell for over… Read More »Access to palliative care support for care home residents – why it matters…..always
