[HTML][HTML] Protecting nursing homes and long-term care facilities from COVID-19: a rapid review of international evidence

SH Dykgraaf, S Matenge, J Desborough… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the extreme vulnerability of older
people and other individuals who reside in long-term care, creating an urgent need for …

Second versus first wave of COVID-19 deaths: shifts in age distribution and in nursing home fatalities

JPA Ioannidis, C Axfors… - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To examine whether the age distribution of COVID-19 deaths and the share of
deaths in nursing homes changed in the second versus the first pandemic wave. Eligible …

Saving millions of lives but some resources squandered: emerging lessons from health research system pandemic achievements and challenges

SR Hanney, SE Straus, BJ Holmes - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022 - Springer
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, astonishingly rapid research averted millions of deaths
worldwide through new vaccines and repurposed and new drugs. Evidence use informed …

Characteristics and outcomes of hospital admissions for COVID-19 and influenza in the Toronto area

AA Verma, T Hora, HY Jung, M Fralick, SL Malecki… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Patient characteristics, clinical care, resource use and outcomes
associated with admission to hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Canada …

Lived experiences of frontline workers and leaders during COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care: A qualitative study

B Yau, R Vijh, J Prairie, G McKee… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Long-term care facilities across Canada have been disproportionately affected
by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to describe the experiences of frontline workers …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on community antibiotic use in Canada: an ecological study

BD Knight, J Shurgold, G Smith, DR MacFadden… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect on the incidence of infectious
diseases and medical care. This study aimed to describe the impact of the COVID-19 …

Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada

TN Vilches, S Nourbakhsh, K Zhang, L Juden-Kelly… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused severe outbreaks in Canadian
long-term care facilities (LTCFs). In Canada, over 80% of COVID-19 deaths during the first …

COVID‐19 and Ontario's long‐term care homes

NM Stall, KA Brown, A Maltsev, A Jones… - Journal of Elder …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ontario long‐term care (LTC) home residents have experienced disproportionately high
morbidity and mortality, both from COVID‐19 and from the conditions associated with the …

COVID-19 excess mortality among long-term care residents in Ontario, Canada

N Akhtar-Danesh, A Baumann, M Crea-Arsenio… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had devastating consequences worldwide,
including a spike in global mortality. Residents of long-term care homes have been …

“It's the worst thing I've ever been put through in my life”: the trauma experienced by essential family caregivers of loved ones in long-term care during the COVID-19 …

CH Chu, AV Yee, V Stamatopoulos - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background Essential family caregivers (EFCs) of relatives living in long-term
care homes (LTCHs) experienced restricted access to their relatives due to COVID-19 …