The United Kingdom’s Adult Social Care Directorate (Department of Health and Social Care) published guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 on the… Read More »NEW: UK guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 incident in a care home
BBC Radio 5 Live has collaborated with Sport England and Demos to create free 10-minute exercise programmes designed for older people. These are available for… Read More »10 Today: Physical activity for older people (BBC Radio 5 Live, UK)
Active Lincolnshire is an Active Partnership in England supporting physical activity for all ages. They have curated dozens of links/videos to indoor exercise tips and… Read More »Physical activity for all ages while staying indoors (Active Lincolnshire, UK)
By Annette Bauer, CPEC LSE Palliative care has an important role to play in the response to Covid-19, in order to ensure that people who… Read More »COVID19: Providing palliative care for the many
The BBC provides a brief overview of how people with dementia and their carers deal with self-isolation. Respondents have reported to have reduced the frequency… Read More »Experience of self-isolation by people with dementia and their carers (BBC, UK)
Professor Shereen Hussein, PSSRU Kent Twitter: @DrShereeHussein The COVID19 pandemic has created urgent and unparalleled pressures on health systems across the world including the United… Read More »Report: Impact of COVID19 on Frontline Long Term Care Workers’ Wellbeing
The Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University conducts cross-disciplinary research related to dementia. They have created free training materials online including dementia awareness,… Read More »Free dementia training resources (Centre for Dementia Research, UK)
Skills for Care, an independent UK charity supporting adult social care, has created a list of helpful links related to COVID-19. In addition, they are… Read More »Collection of links to support social care (Skills for Care, UK)
DanceSyndrome normally provides in-person dance lessons designed for all abilities, led by people with learning disabilities. To accommodate for these unprecedented times, they are offering… Read More »DanceSyndrome moves dance classes online (UK)
In Control is a charity in the UK advocating for an inclusive society. They present a recorded webinar presenting contingency plans created by carers and… Read More »Making contingency plans for those on Direct Payments during COVID-19 (In Control, UK)
