How care homes can achieve sustainable growth post-Covid-19
The COVID-19 crisis has hit the residential care sector hard and many providers are considering how they can grow beyond the Covid-19…
Tag Archives: COVID-19
Older people display “more varied and wide ranging COVID-19 symptoms”, NCF report reveals
Older people display a wider and more varied range of COVID-19 symptoms and have an unpredictable illness trajectory and recovery, a report…
Residents “abandoned to die”, Amnesty report claims
Human rights organisation Amnesty is calling for a full independent public Inquiry into the pandemic starting with the treatment of older people…
Contact tracing app advice for social care teams
Social care workers should pause the contact tracing on the NHS Covid-19 app when they are wearing medical grade PPE, such as…
Today is International Day of Older Persons
Thursday October 1 2020 is International Day of Older Persons, a chance to highlight the important contributions that older people make to…
Care homes build infection control army
HC-One has created an infection control army to increase and enhance infection control standards and procedures in its care homes during the…
Dementia carers supported with COVID-19 care decision guide
Researchers at University College London (UCL) have created a decision-making guide for dementia carers to ensure their relatives receive sufficient care and…
How to prepare your care home for a future surge of infection
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has published the findings of the Rapid Learning Initiative into the transmission of COVID-19 into…
English care homes had highest excess deaths during COVID of all UK
Care homes in England experienced the highest increase in excess deaths at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those in…
NEC Care Show cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns
The Care Show, due to take place on October 14-15, 2020, at the NEC, Birmingham, has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
