The British Society of Gerontology Care Homes Research Special Interest Group are inviting those interested in care home research to join their group.

The Long Term Care responses to COVID-19 have published a new report which reviews the path of the COVID-19 pandemic across the UK long-term care (LTC) sector, indicating how it evolved in each of the four home nations.

The University College London has published a new guide. Its intention is to support those caring for a person with dementia during COVID-19 and beyond.

Registration is open for the NIHR Research for Social Care (RfSC) Roadshow which will take place on the 7th October 2020.

The Kings Fund publish a new report examining some of social care’s key problems magnified by Covid-19

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has published a major new report on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK’s nursing and residential homes.

LTCcovid publish a new report: Impact and mortality of COVID-19 on people living with dementia: cross-country report bringing together “international evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with dementia and an overview of international policy and practice measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among people living with dementia.

A new resource from the Social Care Institute for Excellence sharing updated guidance for social care staff is now available

Greater investment in research capacity-building, provision of research support costs, improving recruitment and participation methods, and increasing public engagement and awareness are among the recommendations to support recruitment into adult social care studies from NIHR SSCR’s latest Methods Review.

University of the West of England – UWE Bristol are looking for people interested in advising on a new project which will explore the impact of using a phone, tablet or laptop to ‘visit’ a friend or relative in a UK care home or hospital during COVID-19.