Global Observatory of Long-Term Care

Next week!

NEW BLOG POST:
A practical toolkit with non-pharmacological interventions for pain management in nursing homes

goltc.org/publications...

By Manuela Hoedl, Medical University of Graz

#LongTermCare #NursingHomes #PainManagement #CareHomes

Webinar: Sustainable Continence Care: from Theory to Practice

✅ Environmental strategies for continence care in long-term care settings
✅ Practical tools
✅ Innovative solutions for better assessment and management

🗓️2 February 2026

🕰️17.00-18.00 GMT

Register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This Friday is the @goltc.bsky.social #ChangingtheNarrativeonLTC event, and we 330 people from 59 countries registered so far! We have an amazing program do join if you haven’t already! goltc.org/changing-the-n…

Happening right now, the first webinar of the @goltc.bsky.social Innovation in Long-Term Care interest group, with a presentation of the @cpeclse.bsky.social SASCI project by Juliette Malley, if you want to join, this group make sure you register here: goltc.org/add-new-expe...
#LongTermCare

Join us on the 28 November for the @goltc.bsky.social celebration the UN’s International Day of Care and Support.
We have an amazing program, starting in Australia, hosted by ARIIA, in Europe by @cpeclse.bsky.social and in Chile by MICARE
Register here:

goltc.org/save-the-dat...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GOLTC webinar: Cuidados en la Comunidad. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Contenido: 1. Introducción al Observatorio Global de Cuidados de Larga Duración y al Grupo de Interés sobre CLD en España (Adelina Comas Herrera; Directora del Observatorio Global de Cuidados de Larg...

📢 Recordatorio: 🗓️ 12 de nov.
Webinar “Cuidados en la comunidad”, organizado por
@goltc.bsky.social, con experiencias en #CuidadosDeLargaDuración desde la #comunidad:
· La Regadera
· Zaintza Herrilab
· BIOCUIDADOS
Con @adelinacohe.bsky.social, @gipuzkoa.eus...
Inscripción🔗 bit.ly/4oHG2ZH

Join us for a webinar on:
Older Persons, Disabilities and Social Protection in African contexts

🗓️ 07 November
🕰️ 15.00-16.30 SAST, 13.00–14:30 GMT
Register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us tomorrow to explore the #LongTermCare skills of the Future, register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Future-Proofing the workforce: exploring emerging skills in Long-Term Care

GOLTC webinar, 17 Sept 9:30

With Victoria Cornell and Paul Ross (ARIIA)
Jiri Branka (CEDEFOP)
Justin Chadwick (New Direction Care)

Register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A promotional flyer for the webinar. It reads: Community based care resources for people with disabilities and older people with care needs. Moderated by Stefania Ilinca (WHO) & Adelina Comas-Herrera (GOLTC) and featuring European Disability Forum, ILO, Global Disability Fund Recording available now: https://www.youtube.com/wa It features the logos of the different organisations for each of the presenters involved.

New GOLTC recording! Catch up with this #multidisciplinary workshop on progress towards #deinstitutionalization for people with #disabilities and older people with care needs, exploring tools to map #communitybased care and #supportservices. @adelinacohe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIh6...

GOLTC: Intelligent Pain Assessment in Long-term care YouTube video by ILPN

☀️ The seasonal summer break can be a great time to look back at sessions you might have missed during term. We've uploaded some past webinars to our YouTube so you can catch up! 💻 @adelinacohe.bsky.social
First up! 'Intelligent #PainAssessment in #LongtermCare'
youtu.be/WMi89AflExc

⚠️One week left to apply!⚠️

Are you a keen quantitative researcher with an interest in dementia and neurodegenerative conditions? This could be the job for you!

Our wonderful team at Newcastle University are looking for a Research Assistant/Associate.

Closing date: 30th July 2025

➡️ The Administration for Community Living: More Than a Decade of Policies Promoting the Health of Older Adults, People Living With Disabilities, & Their Families and Caregivers

READ Journal of Gerontological Nursing paper by Research Associate@adrianaperez98.bsky.social

List of webinars

The @goltc.bsky.social interest groups have been very busy planning webinars for September, October and November! We are extremely proud about the quality and variety of webinars planned so far

Check out the full list and all the details here: goltc.org/news/

Webinar:
What can England learn from the Covid pandemic experience of the #LongTermCare systems in Denmark, France, Japan & the Netherlands?

9 Sept

🔗 goltc.org/social-care-...

@natashacurry.bsky.social, Camille Oung, @joannamarczak.bsky.social, @adelinacohe.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.org.uk

Webinar:
What can England learn from the Covid pandemic experience of the #LongTermCare systems in Denmark, France, Japan & the Netherlands?

9 Sept

🔗 goltc.org/social-care-...

@natashacurry.bsky.social, Camille Oung, @joannamarczak.bsky.social, @adelinacohe.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.org.uk

List of webinars

The @goltc.bsky.social interest groups have been very busy planning webinars for September, October and November! We are extremely proud about the quality and variety of webinars planned so far

Check out the full list and all the details here: goltc.org/news/

💡NEW Blog Post:

Who gets the help they need? Care inequalities among the oldest-old in Germany and England

By Ursula Henz and Michael Wagner

Read it here
🔗
goltc.org/publications...

Thanks for a fantastic presentation!

This Wednesday!

Join us next Wednesday
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🔔 New book!

Based on a study covering 15 European countries, our book
analyses the preparedness, structural weaknesses of long-term care homes exacerbated by the crisis and the deficient coordination between the health and caring sectors

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/long-term-ca...

We are excited to start the activities of the @goltc.bsky.social interest group on Climate change and Long-Term Care with a Thematic Panel at the excellent @tcaren.bsky.social conference in Helsinki, you can join the group by becoming a member of GOLTC goltc.org/add-new-expe...
#TCC2025

The new Transforming Care Network Newsletter is out!☀️

You can find new networking activities: upcoming TCC conference, new Transforming Care Series books (with member discounts), Scientific Corner (with Prof. Pfau-Effinger), and more

Don't miss it and join us!
www.transforming-care.net/membership/

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GOLTC webinar: Social Care Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ... Join us for the first webinar of the Social Care Reform in England interest group, with an analysis of the current state of social care in England, what can we learn from the history of social care re...

📢 Webinar

Join us 9 July:

#SocialCare Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda 🪏

With
@blimeysimon.bsky.social @natashacurry.bsky.social
@richardhumphries.bsky.social
@clentonf.bsky.social

🔗 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

UPCOMING WEBINARS from GOLTC on Fri 20 June, Tues 24 June, and Wed 2 July.

UPCOMING WEBINARS for everyone:
- Care, Disabilities + Social Protection in Southern Africa: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🌍
- Community-based care for people w/ disabilities: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🤲
- Making quality visible: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 📋

@adelinacohe.bsky.social @who.int

Making quality visible: balancing safety and clinical indicators and patient-reported outcome indicators and narratives GOLTC Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care Interest Group webinar Date: 2 July 2025 Time: 9:00-10:30 BST (10:00 – 11.30 CET) Link: Register to join on Zoom

Making quality visible: balancing safety + clinical indicators and patient-reported outcome indicators + narratives 🗨️

JOIN US on Wed 2 July for a webinar on #Quality in #LongTermCare, featuring Henk Nies, Mircha Poldrugovac @ampot.bsky.social + Sharron Reynolds: 👉
lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us tomorrow for this webinar on Integrated Long-Term Care in collaboration with @ificinfo.bsky.social
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