care homesCOVID‐19long‐term careIn the context of very high mortality and infection rates, this article examines the policy response to COVID in care homes for older people in the UK, with particular focus on England in the first 10 weeks of the pandemic. The timing and content of the...
The number of COVID-19 related deaths in care homes in England and Wales rose for the first time in two months in the week before Christmas, the latest ONS data has revealed. After having declined for seven consecutive weeks, the number of COVID deaths rose to 44 in the week ending 24...
Oliver rightly reports that care homes are in trouble.1 Covid-19 has laid bare weaknesses of support from the NHS, public health, regulators, and local government, showing once more that care homes and their residents don't fit traditional healthcare or social care paradigms. DOI: 10.1136/bmj...
Staff members at two aged care homes in Melbourne have been affected by the latest coronavirus outbreak. Exposure sites have grown in Melbourne with almost 100 venues and times added to the list on Sunday. Scores of people have rushed to get tested whereas the demand for vaccines has escalated...
Avoid touching their heads and faces Strict WHO protocol of Handwashing ProcedureConclusionNursing homes have become the invisible center of Sars-Cov-2 transmission. The virus is known to attack aging patients with compromised immune systems. The healthcare workers caring for nursing home patients have...
This information is intended for Barchester Healthcare residents, patients, staff and any visitors to our homes and hospitals. Visiting Barchester Healthcare Homes/Hospitals We are delighted that our homes continue to be warm and welcoming with daily life full of people popping in and out, seeing...
There are no benchmarks on a national level regarding the incidence of infection in long-term care facilities. Infection control policies and procedures for nursing homes are often modified from hospital policies. However, those policies are not always practical in a nursing home setting. There are...
HONG KONG, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Wednesday that the overall vaccination rate for the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines at residential care homes (RCH) for the elderly and disabled persons has reached 84 percent. ...
let alone in care homes. It was therefore vital that we put into place an 'intelligent' testing service that allowed the earliest 'pick up' of infection with the least use of a precious resource. It was through this process that we identified asymptomatic and presymptomatic people who...
While much attention was focused on the physical health of first responders and doctors, far less study has been given over to the mental well-being of the nurses, cleaners and caterers atcare homes. Researchers in Italy and Britain conducted an anonymous survey of more than 1,000 care home...