Professor Shereen Hussein (@DrShereeHussein) The British social care workforce has been under extreme pressure since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. This pressure… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on social care workers’ workload, wellbeing and ability to provide care safely: Findings from the UK
By: Dr Sarah House and Eric Fewster Building on previous analysis of IPC guidance and the history of asymptomatic transmission In early April 2020 we… Read More »An Infection Prevention and Control perspective on why COVID-19 has had such a deadly impact on care home residents in the UK
David Bell (University of Stirling), Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) , David Henderson (Edinburgh Napier University,… Read More »COVID-19 mortality and long-term care: a UK comparison
In this webinar we will learn about early research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who work in long-term care and we… Read More »Save the date for the next LTCcovid webinar: COVID-19 and the long-term care workforce (7 September, 2pm GMT)
Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Min Qin and Athina Vlachantoni Centre for Population Change and Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton Link to paper:… Read More »Older and ‘staying at home’ during lockdown: analysis of informal care receipt during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst people aged 70 and over in the UK
Updated 28th May 2020 By Aida Suarez-Gonzalez1, Gill Livingston2 and Adelina Comas-Herrera3 (with thanks to the Alzheimer’s Society for providing some of the data included… Read More »Updated Report: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with dementia in UK
Aida Suarez-Gonzalez, Gill Livingston and Adelina Comas Herrera 3rd May 2020 In late January 2020, the first COVID-19 cases in the UK were confirmed in… Read More »Report: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with dementia in UK
Rare Dementia Support is a charity based in the UK researching six rare dementias. They have collected information related to dementia and COVID-19 and created… Read More »Support for people living with dementia during COVID-19 (Rare Dementia Support)
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)
