Authors: Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith, Jane Wray, Caroline White and Janice Keefe October 11th 2021 was Canadian Thanksgiving Day and LTCCOVID also hosted an international seminar on care home research. This enabled us both to… Read More »Turkey is not just for Christmas! A shared appreciation for research conducted in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cameron Feil, MSc, Research Coordinator, National Institute on Ageing Natalie Iciaszczyk, MA, JD, Policy Analyst, National Institute on Ageing Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil, Director of… Read More »Current Vaccination Rates and Policies as well as Essential Family Caregiver and Visitor Policies across Canadian Long-Term Care Homes
This webinar will bring together three studies on visiting and other restrictions that affected family members (often people who provided regular unpaid care) of people… Read More »LTCcovid webinar: Keeping connected: carer experiences of staying in touch with family and friends living in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (UK and Canada)
Contributors: Nina Hemmings, Jorge Browne Salas, Siang Jye Chern, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Gemma Drou Roget, Stefanie Ettelt, Maria-Aurora Fenech, Cleusa P. Ferri, Paulo José Fortes Villas… Read More »Current situation in relation to “visiting” in care homes and outings for residents. LTCcovid international overviews of long-term care policies and practices in relation to Covid-19 (Issue 2, August 2021)
When: Tuesday 6th July, 13:00 – 14:30 BST This NIHR ARC event brings together practitioners from health and social care and all those interested in… Read More »Webinar accouncement: Learning from COVID-19: NIHR ARC Research on visiting in care homes (UK): 6th July
Kerstin Hämel (Universität Bielefeld), Annett Horn (Fachhochschule Münster), Ariane Rolf (Fachhochschule Bielefeld), Katharina Graffmann-Weschke (AOK Pflege Akademie der AOK Nordost), Gabriela Petereit-Haack (Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt), Patrick… Read More »Background Paper on Enabling Social Contact for Nursing Home Residents during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This webinar, recorded on the 1st of February 2021, explored experiences on safe visiting in care homes during COVID-19 in Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, the… Read More »Video and slides of the LTCcovid webinar on International guidelines and emerging practices for safe visiting at care homes during COVID-19
Lee-Fay Low1, Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith2, Samir Sinha3,4, Nathan Stall3,4, Hilde Verbeek5, Joyce Siette6, Briony Dow7, Ramona Backhaus5, Reena Devi8, Karen Spilsbury8, Jayne Brown2, Alys Griffiths9, Christian… Read More »Safe visiting at care homes during COVID-19: A review of international guidelines and emerging practices during the COVID-19 pandemic
Full article link and citation: Van der Roest HG, Prins M, van der Velden C, Steinmetz S, Stolte E, vanTilburg TG, de Vries DH, The… Read More »Emerging evidence: The impact of COVID-19 measures on well-being of older long-term care facility residents in the Netherlands (JAMDA)
National Institute on Ageing (Canada) During the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian long-term care homes implemented strict no-visitor policies to reduce the risk… Read More »Finding the Right Balance: Guidance to Support the Re-Opening of Canadian Long-Term Care Homes to Family Caregivers and Visitors during the COVID-19 Pandemic
