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International Responses to COVID-19 in Care Homes
18 May 2020 @ 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM BST
Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-responses-to-covid-19-in-care-homes-tickets-105238210320
We’re delighted to announce the first LTCcovid webinar, free to attend, please register using the link below:
Date And Time: Mon, 18 May 2020, 14:00 – 15:30 BST
Programme
Short introduction to LTCcovid
Adelina Comas-Herrera (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Challenges to an effective response to COVID-19 in US LTC sector and progress update
Courtney Van Houtven (Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Department of Population Health Sciences and Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke, United States)
Allowing visitors back into care homes? Risks and risk reduction
Lee-Fay Low (University of Sydney, Australia)
Responding to care home staff’s questions with research: Top Tips for Tricky Times
Claire Goodman (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
An emergency strategy for care homes in Latin America
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock (University of East Anglia, UK)
Discussion
The webinar is free to attend with pre-registration.
The webinar will be recorded and the video will be shared on LTCcovid.org.
CoNGO Notice: Webinar was suggested by NGO Ageing Committee–Geneva. Contact Silvia Perel-Levin, Chair at ngoageing@gmail.com and visit http://ageingcommitteegeneva.org/.