COVID-19 resources
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Using digital and assistive technologies to deliver services to people with a disability
HSE Library
An annotated bibliography of the evidence on digital and assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Topics covered include: Irish and international guidance; international literature; intellectual disabilities; children; neurological and cognitive disorders; mobility and spinal injury; and visual and hearing impairment.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Methodologies or protocols for, or experiences in, recruiting persons with disabilities onto national committees or working groups or consultative committees or policy development groups for effective co-design in disability services
HSE Library
This summary of evidence contains a comprehensive description of available research and key reference sources on effective co-design of disability services, by ensuring that persons with disabilities are recruited into national committees or working groups or consultative committees or policy development groups.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020What is the evidence for the impact of closures of day-care centres and resumption of day care services for older people during COVID-19?
HSE Library
This summary of evidence contains a comprehensive description of available research and key reference sources on the impact of closures of day-care centres and resumption of day care services for older people during COVID-19.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Is visiting [in the social context] associated with increased incidence of COVID-19 in long-term residential care facilities?
HSE Library
This summary of evidence contains a comprehensive representation of available research evidence, key reference sources and collated information on the impact of visitors on the incidence of COVID-19 in long-term residential care facilities.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Testing guidelines for nursing homes: interim SARS-CoV-2 testing guidelines for nursing home residents and healthcare personnel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This document provides guidance on the appropriate use of testing among nursing home residents. It covers: testing residents with signs or symptoms of COVID-19; testing asymptomatic residents with known or suspected exposure to an individual infected with; testing of asymptomatic residents without known or suspected exposure to an individual infected with; and Testing to determine resolution of infection.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Covid-19: interim guidance on the extended use of face masks and face coverings in hospitals, primary care, wider community care and adult care homes
Scottish Government
Guidance on the extended use of face masks and face coverings by staff within acute hospitals (including mental health, maternity, neonatal and paediatrics), community hospitals, primary care (GP practices, dentists, opticians and pharmacies) and wider community care (including adult social or community care and adult residential settings, care home settings and domiciliary care). The guidance also contains advice for visitors to care homes and hospitals, including those attending for an appointment.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Guidance on COVID-19 PCR testing in care homes and the management of COVID-19 PCR test positive residents and staff
Health Protection Scotland
The focus of this guide is on the application of PCR testing in care homes, primarily but not exclusively, as part of outbreak investigation and management and on managing the consequences of finding PCR test positive residents and staff. It helps NHS Boards, care home providers and others to interpret and implement this extended testing policy; and to identify what is required to achieve the greatest potential reduction in the risk of transmission of the virus within all forms of residential care home settings for the elderly, in the shortest possible time. The advice is written from a clinical perspective and reflects a consensus on which health protection measures are likely to be the most effective in achieving the maximum reduction in the risk of infection, most quickly.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Care homes action plan: summary of progress
Welsh Government
This document summarises the progress that has been made – and is being made – against the high-level actions in the Care Homes Action Plan. The Plan sets out high-level actions under six themes to ensure the care home sector in Wales is well supported ahead of winter pressures, learning lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic. The six themes are: infection prevention and control; personal Protective Equipment (PPE); general and clinical support for care homes; residents’ wellbeing; social care workers’ wellbeing; and financial sustainability.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care
King's Fund
This submission provides an overview of the resilience of the NHS and social care workforce, including the impact of Covid-19. It also examines what is known about the causes of burnout in the NHS and social care workforce – and what can help reduce it; and the implications for national policy
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020Ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 are playing out again – how can we stop them?
Institute for Public Policy Research
This long read by IPPR and Runnymede Trust looks at how Covid-19 is set to continue to hit minority ethnic communities hardest as we enter the second wave. It proposes measures to help control the pandemic and mitigate immediate ethnic inequalities. including increasing access to treatment.
Last updated on hub: 26 October 2020