Epidemiology and clinical features of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care facilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MR Hashan, N Smoll, C King… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care facilities (ACFs) often have devastating
consequences. However, epidemiologically these outbreaks are not well defined. We aimed …

Learning from the covid-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities: a systematic review

HR Henriques, D Sousa, J Faria, J Pinto, A Costa… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has devastatingly affected Long-Term Care Facilities
(LTCF), exposing aging people, staff members, and visitors. The world has learned through …

Epidemiology of COVID-19 in a long-term care facility in King County, Washington

TM McMichael, DW Currie, S Clark… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for severe outcomes from
outbreaks of Covid-19, owing to both the advanced age and frequent chronic underlying …

Atypical clinical presentation of COVID-19 infection in residents of a long-term care facility

H Blain, Y Rolland, A Benetos, N Giacosa… - European geriatric …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To assess the magnitude of the infection in residents from—and staff working in—a
long-term-care facility (LTCF) 7 days after the identification of one resident with confirmed …

COVID-19 related mortality and spread of disease in long-term care: a living systematic review of emerging evidence

M Salcher-Konrad, A Jhass, H Naci, M Tan, Y El-Tawil… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Policy responses to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-
term care (LTC) require robust and timely evidence on mortality and spread of the disease in …

Risk factors, presentation, and course of coronavirus disease 2019 in a large, academic long-term care facility

SM Shi, I Bakaev, H Chen, TG Travison… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To describe clinical characteristics and risk factors associated with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in long-stay nursing home residents. Design and Participants …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in long-term care facilities: an upcoming threat that cannot be ignored

CC Lai, JH Wang, WC Ko, MY Yen, MC Lu… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To date, a total of 693,224 patients have been infected by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) worldwide. 1 It only took approximately 100 days for …

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 mortality during an outbreak investigation in a skilled nursing facility

MC Patel, LH Chaisson, S Borgetti… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported in
nursing homes and assisted living facilities; however, the extent of asymptomatic and …

A systematic review of long‐term care facility characteristics associated with COVID‐19 outcomes

RT Konetzka, EM White, A Pralea… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background/Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has
taken a disproportionate toll on long‐term care facility residents and staff. Our objective was …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in long-term care facilities: A review of epidemiology, clinical presentations, and containment interventions

CG Gmehlin, LS Munoz-Price - Infection Control & Hospital …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and their populations have been greatly affected by the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this review, we summarize the literature …