The cholera outbreak in a Victorian asylum that anticipated the coronavirus crisis in care homes

There is a sad precedent of pandemic disease threatening the residents of care institutions – and of authorities not heeding the dangers.

Chris Wilson, Lecturer in History, University of East Anglia • conversation
May 19, 2020 ~15 min

How coronavirus could forever change home health care, leaving vulnerable older adults without care and overburdening caregivers

Home health care is a much trickier question after COVID-19, and that becomes an issue for millions of older people who rely on home health care, as well as the workers who care for them.

Paula Rochon, Senior research scientist, University of Toronto • conversation
May 18, 2020 ~8 min


Pandemic decision: Caregiving at home or a nursing home?

What's better during the pandemic, caregiving at home or a nursing home? An expert in palliative and long-term care offers some advice.

Laura Bailey-Michigan • futurity
May 15, 2020 ~6 min

Pandemic decision: Caregiving at home or a nursing home?

What's better during the pandemic, caregiving at home or a nursing home? An expert in palliative and long-term care offers some advice.

Laura Bailey-Michigan • futurity
May 15, 2020 ~6 min

COVID-19 pandemic is our chance to learn how to reuse old medicines

The UK government is allowing care homes and hospices to reuse leftover medicines during the pandemic. Here's why that's a good thing.

Terence Hui, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Reading • conversation
May 13, 2020 ~7 min

Nursing homes prepped for pandemic but big gaps remain

After the "bird flu" pandemic, nursing homes took steps to prepare for the next pandemic, a survey in Michigan finds. COVID-19 reveals remaining shortfalls.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
May 6, 2020 ~11 min

Working from home? Why detachment is crucial for mental health

Ten tips for lockdown from a specialist psychologist.

Wladislaw Rivkin, Lecturer in Work and Organisational Psychology, Aston University • conversation
May 5, 2020 ~6 min

Masks and distancing make it tough for the hard-of-hearing, but here's how to help

Audiologists recommend enhanced communication strategies in the time of coronavirus to help the nearly 60 million Americans living with hearing loss in one or both ears.

Nicole Marrone, Associate Professor in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona • conversation
April 30, 2020 ~7 min


Home cooking means healthier eating – there's an opportunity to change food habits for good

A spike in flour sales and an increase in home cooked meals could signal the start of a new healthier relationship with food.

Danielle McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
April 27, 2020 ~6 min

Failure to count COVID-19 nursing home deaths could dramatically skew US numbers

The government doesn't know how many people have died of COVID-19, in part because it didn't require nursing homes to report cases to the CDC. In some states, over half of deaths are in nursing homes.

Thomas Perls, Professor of Medicine, Boston University • conversation
April 27, 2020 ~8 min

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