Context: COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted mortality in English care homes.
Objectives: To examine COVID-19 policies for care homes in England and to describe …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic's first wave in England during spring 2020 resulted in
an approximate 50% increase in all-cause mortality. Previously, risk factors such as age and …

How did long-term care (LTC) policies and the prevailing governance model affect the
working conditions of nursing home workers in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic …

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that public institutions and some households in the
United Kingdom (UK) were in a vulnerable and weak financial position to mitigate its …

Governments across the world have been slow in reacting to meeting the needs of disabled
people during the pandemic. This has exposed existing inequalities in social policies, as …

The COVID-19 pandemic is the first time that many of the UK population, including its
national politicians, have become aware of the practical dimensions of devolution to its four …

Reform of social care for older and disabled people has become a pressing political issue,
given demographic change and shifting public expectations. In the UK, social insurance for …

In this article, I draw on the systematic, policy-led negligence with which older people in the
United Kingdom were handled during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, as I examine …

Background Care home residents transitioning from hospital are at risk of receiving poor-
quality care with their safety being challenged by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) …

Introduction The abrupt onset of COVID-19, with its rapid spread, has had brutal
consequences in all areas of society, including the workplace. In this paper, we report the …