Neglect was one of biggest killers in care homes during pandemic

The pandemic has disproportionately affected people living in care homes, who accounted for an estimated 30% of all deaths from covid-19 across 25 countries despite making up only 1% of the world’s population, a report has estimated.

The analysis was carried out by Collateral Global, a research group that says it is dedicated to reporting on the effects of governments’ mandatory covid-19 mitigation measures. The report said the pandemic had….

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The BMJ source: https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n3132

Collateral Global. CG Report 6: Effects of covid-19 in care homes—a mixed methods review. Dec 2021. https://collateralglobal.org/article/effects-of-covid-19-in-care-homes.

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