This paper offers reflections on an organic turn to the arts as a means of connecting and working with children and young people online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns during the pandemic required social work practitioners, students, and social care staff to find innovative and creative ways of engaging with people. Online delivery of services presents both challenges and opportunities for communicating and building relationships. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Evidence shows that people with learning disabilities are at higher risk of contracting and dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population.... Most of the documents examined were consistent with the guidance and recommendations for easy read information but several discrepancies were also identified.
To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the closure or reduction in support services for family carers, resulting in increased social isolation and stress for this population. The current scoping review aimed to identify the impact of COVID-19 upon carers and support provided for them during the pandemic. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The aim of this study was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on care provision and visits in care homes from staff and family members’ perspectives. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly affected people at the end of life who are being cared for in community settings, as well as their families and the nurses who provide care. This article explores the challenges generated by the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to community end of life care in the UK and reflects on the psychological and emotional consequences for nurses, patients and families. Free to read article.
This article highlights the need to pay particular attention to this care sector, particularly in light of both the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. Read in full with MPFT ATHENS login
Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) has produced this page to help those working on the current coronavirus outbreak, to identify and access emerging evidence as it is published.
Most of the resources are freely accessible but some may ask for an OpenAthens sign-in.
THIS Institute at the University of Cambridge has undertaken a rapid response project to develop an ethical framework for COVID-19 testing for NHS workers. It sought to identify and characterise the ethical considerations likely to be important to the testing programme, while recognising the tension between different values and goals. Open Access
The number of care providers using NHSmail, the NHS’ centrally-funded email service, has more than doubled in the last six weeks from 4,141 providers to 10,186, to support staff during the COVID-19 pandemic1.
NHSmail gives staff in care homes and domiciliary care the ability to safely share residents’ data and queries with doctors, nurses and GPs involved in their resident’s direct care, and get timely responses. It also connects them to pharmacists, dentists and anyone else in health and care who also has secure email, such as NHSmail.
Key messages
• Information is key; people who are quarantined need to
understand the situation
• Effective and rapid communication is essential
• Supplies (both general and medical) need to be provided
• The quarantine period should be short and the duration
should not be changed unless in extreme circumstances
• Most of the adverse effects come from the imposition of
a restriction of liberty; voluntary quarantine is associated
with less distress and fewer long-term complications
• Public health officials should emphasise the altruistic
choice of self-isolating
This summary shares information, resources and ideas that you can use – especially if you now are working remotely or in isolation, and which can be shared with the people you support. Whilst the term ‘social distancing’ is being used to describe these measures, it may be helpful to think about the need to ‘physical distance’ as it is crucial this doesn’t mean we socially disconnect. Social connection is core to our mental wellbeing, and there are many ways we can stay connected, including virtually.
Managing infection control is essential to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) for your setting or service. As care providers, you are likely providing essential care and support to people, and, as a result, will have close contact with other people, such as during washing, bathing, personal hygiene tasks or contact with body fluids. This briefing sets out best practice for care providers to remain safe and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
A new action plan for adult social care in England has earmarked fixing the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), ramping up staff testing and ensuring the sector gets the parity of esteem it deserves among its top priorities for supporting the care workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic.