Background The COVID-19 pandemic has devastatingly affected Long-Term Care Facilities
(LTCF), exposing aging people, staff members, and visitors. The world has learned through …

These challenges can be addressed in the post-COVID-19 period through systemic reforms.
Governments should establish comprehensive health networks that normalize mechanisms …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted long-term care and
assisted living (LTC/AL) facilities in Canada, where infection prevention and control (IPAC) …

Older people and health care workers in residential care homes are particularly vulnerable
to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID-19 has been spreading …

Objective We aimed to define the epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care
facilities (ACFs) during the postvaccine period, including vaccine effectiveness (VE) for this …

During the period from March 2020 to January 2021, we performed an analysis of incidence,
mortality, and risk factors of COVID-19 in nursing homes (NHs) in two health departments …

This study aimed to identify the individual, organizational, and environmental factors which
contributed to COVID-19-related outcomes in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). A systematic …

Background Over the successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, front-line care workers
(FLCWs)—in this case, at long-term care facilities (LTCFs)—have been the backbone of the …

The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks is disproportionate across settings (eg, long-term care
facilities (LTCF), schools) across Canada. Few studies have examined factors associated …

Background/Purpose Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are high-risk settings for the novel
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The aim of the study was to describe the extent and the …