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Protecting older people in nursing homes: Lessons learned from the
COVID-19 first wave
Tuesday 15 December 2020 from 12:00-13:00 CET
Across Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated
pre-existing problems in the long-term care sector. Nursing homes have long
faced a myriad of financial, staffing, and operational difficulties. The
pandemic has ushered in new concerns and, in many countries, nursing home
residents have been especially vulnerable to COVID-19. What can we learn
from the measures taken during the first wave? And, given the need to
understand how governments and the sector itself can strengthen long-term
care systems both now and into the future, what can we learn in order to
develop a more resilient long-term sector post-COVID? Join us in this
webinar to learn more about tackling COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Speakers
Margrieta Langins, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Christian Berringer, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
Henk Nies, Vilans – National Centre of Expertise for Long-Term Care,
the Netherlands
Facilitators
Matthias Wismar & Erica Richardson (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
This webinar is part of a series of webinars which draws lessons from
country experiences based on the
COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) - a joint undertaking
with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the
European Observatory. The COVID-19 HSRM builds on the expertise of the
Health Systems and Policy Monitor network and the WHO Country Offices
and the knowledge and work of colleagues in the Regional Office and DG
SANTE who are dealing with the pandemic and supporting countries. The
webinar series is indebted to them all.
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