Columbia exhibited a number of potential strengths relevant to pandemic preparedness
compared with Ontario: there was better coordination between long-term care, public health …

Objectives In response to a commissioned research update on dementia during the COVID‐
19 pandemic, a UK‐based working group, comprising dementia researchers from a range of …

Background COVID-19 has affected care home residents internationally, but detailed
information on outbreaks is scarce. We aimed to describe the evolution of outbreaks of …

Background Outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection have occurred in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) worldwide, but the reasons why …

Importance COVID-19 incidence and mortality are higher among incarcerated persons than
in the general US population, but the extent to which prison crowding contributes to their …

In the response to COVID-19, countries have implemented response strategies along a
continuum of population-and venue-level specificity ranging from suppression to mitigation …

Background epidemiological data on COVID-19 infection in care homes are scarce. We
analysed data from a large provider of long-term care for older people to investigate …

Evidence of the association of built environment (BE) attributes with the spread of COVID-19
remains limited. As an additional effort, this study regresses a ratio of accumulative …

• Safe visiting practices include: conducting outdoor visits where possible, indoor visits
should be in well ventilated separate areas, infection control procedures should be followed …

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 …