Levin, Andrew T;
Jylhava, Juulia;
Religa, Dorota;
Shallcross, Laura;
(2022)
COVID-19 prevalence and mortality in longer-term care facilities.
European Journal of Epidemiology
10.1007/s10654-022-00861-w.
(In press).
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Abstract
This essay considers the factors that have contributed to very high COVID-19 mortality in longer-term care facilities (LTCFs). We compare the demographic characteristics of LTCF residents with those of community-dwelling older adults, and then we review the evidence regarding prevalence and infection fatality rates (IFRs), including links to frailty and some comorbidities. Finally, we discuss policy measures that could foster the physical and mental health and well-being of LTCF residents in the present context and in potential future pandemics.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | COVID-19 prevalence and mortality in longer-term care facilities |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10654-022-00861-w |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00861-w |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, SARS-CoV-2, seroprevalence, infection fatality rate, nursing homes, care facilities, SARS-COV-2 INFECTION, NURSING-HOMES, OLDER-ADULTS, RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY, FRAILTY, OUTBREAKS, STAFF, GEORGIA, DISEASE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147145 |
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