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
Moderator: Matthias Wismar, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
HSRM and chat-box: Erica Richardson, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
