Summary by Will Byrd (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE) Over the past year and a half, Vilans, the National Centre for Expertise for long-term… Read More »Vilans report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care: what we have learnt in 8 European countries from 1.5 years of COVID-19
This webinar, on the 8th March 2021, brought together researchers on Long-Term Care from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The… Read More »Video and slides of the webinar on: COVID-19 and long-term care in the Nordic countries (8th March)
In this webinar Long-Term Care experts from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden will present on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected people who use… Read More »Webinar announcement: COVID-19 and long-term care in the Nordic countries, 8th March 2pm GMT
The Swedish government set up a Commission to evaluate the measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19, and the effects of the spread, by… Read More »Report of the Swedish Corona Commission on care of older people during the pandemic
Wossenseged Jemberie As of November 11th, 2020 the total number of people with confirmed COVID-19 case in Sweden is 166,707 and increasing. COVID-19 specific mortality… Read More »COVID-19: Opportunities for interdisciplinary research to improve care for older people in Sweden
Marta Szebehely, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University The full report is available here: Key findings: Sweden has been badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In mid-July,… Read More »New country report: The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Sweden
Marta Szebehely, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University May 8, 2020 From the very beginning of the pandemic, Swedish authorities and politicians stressed the importance of protecting… Read More »COVID-19 reveals serious problems in Swedish long-term care
