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Global Observatory of Long-Term Care
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A platform to facilitate cross-national learning on how to improve and strengthen #LongTermCare, sharing research evidence, policy and practice and supporting collaborations. Part of the International Long-Term Care Policy Network

https://goltc.org/
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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…
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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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
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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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:

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November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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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...
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Join us tomorrow to explore the #LongTermCare skills of the Future, register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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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...
August 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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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/
List of webinars
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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💡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
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goltc.org/publications...
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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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
June 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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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
UPCOMING WEBINARS from GOLTC on Fri 20 June, Tues 24 June, and Wed 2 July.
June 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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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...
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
June 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Elder care, disabilities, #SocialProtection 🔍

Join us on 20 June for a session w/ Elena Moore (UCT) + Dolly Ntseane (University of Botswana) on #SouthAfrica + #Botswana. 🗨️

REGISTER:👉
lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@socialprotection.org @adelinacohe.bsky.social #Grants
Elderly Care, Disabilities and Social Protection in Southern Africa GOLTC Care and Social Protection in Southern Africa Interest Group webinar Date: 20 June 2025 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BST Link: Register to join on Zoom
June 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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NEW COUNTRY PROFILE: #England 🌍

In this system profile, @blimeysimon.bsky.social (@thekingsfund.bsky.social) and @natashacurry.bsky.social (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk) unpack the country's long-term care system. 🔍

Read now: goltc.org/system-profi...
LTC Care System Profile: England
June 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Community-based care resources for people w/ disabilities + older people with care needs 🙌

JOIN on Tues 24 June for a workshop moderated by @adelinacohe.bsky.social + Stefania Ilinca w/ Global Disability Fund, WHO Europe, ILO + @myedf.bsky.social:👉 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Community based care resources for people with disabilities and older people with care needs Join us on the 24 June for a multi-disciplinary workshop on accelerating progress towards deinstitutionalization for people with disabilities and older people with care needs, exploring tools to map community-based care and support services.
June 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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HAPPENING TOMORROW! 📢
Don't forget to register for our next GOLTC webinar, which will focus on Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for #PerinatalMentalHealth: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🗨️

The webinar features @annettebauer.bsky.social +
Lauren Stewart (@chimeproject.bsky.social)
Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for Perinatal Mental Health GOLTC Global Perinatal Mental Health Interest Group webinar Date: 3 June 2025 Time: 10:00 to 11:00 BST (you can check your local time here.) Link: Register to join on Zoom
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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UPCOMING WEBINAR hosted w/ @ificinfo.bsky.social (IFIC): Integrated #LongTermCare: Defining Research Questions for Better Quality, Person-Centred Solutions 🔍

Join us on 12 June for an engaging webinar! 🗨️

REGISTER NOW:👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@adelinacohe.bsky.social
Integrated Long-Term Care: Defining the Research Questions for Better Quality, Person-Centred Solutions This webinar is organised by the Integrated Long-Term Care Interest Group, a joint initiative between the International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC) and the Global Observatory of Long-term Care (GOLTC) Date: 12 June 2025 Time: 12:00 to 13:30 BST (you can check your local time here.) Link: Register to join on Zoom
May 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Intelligent pain management 🧠

JOIN US on 10 June for this exciting webinar featuring a presentation on PainChek from the Chief Scientific Officer, Jeff Hughes. 🧑‍💻

REGISTER NOW:👉 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#CareTech #PainManagement #CareHomes @caretechandtips.bsky.social
Intelligent Pain assessment Tues 10 June 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm BST 1. Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK). 2. Introduction to the Pain in Care Homes GOLTC Interest Group (Dr. Manuela Hoedl: Medical University of Graz and Prof Sandra Zwakhalen: Maastricht University, Netherlands) 3. Presentation: “Pain Chek- an intelligent pain assessment instrument” Prof. Chief Scientific Officer PhD, MPS Jeff Hughes https://www.painchek.com/about/team/prof-jeff-hughes/ 4. Q & A
May 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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WEBINAR RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE: The politics of live-in care #migration - a comparative study of Taiwan, Austria + Germany 🌍

Watch our webinar from 8 May feat. @adelinacohe.bsky.social, Isabel Shutes,
@sleiber.bsky.social, Li-Fang Liang, August Österle + Migyeong Yun:👉 goltc.org/goltc-webina...
Politics of Live-in care migration social media card
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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NEW BLOG on pricing and purchasing #LongTermCare: A series of country summary reports from the WHO Centre for Health Development 🌍

In this post, Greer van Zyl and Sarah Barber, introduce 9 country reports, and the strengths/ weaknesses of LTC systems. 🔍

READ NOW: goltc.org/publications...
Pricing and purchasing long-term care: A series of country summary reports from the WHO Centre for Health Development by Greer Van Zyl and Sarah Barber, WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Center)
May 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Interested in music interventions for perinatal #MentalHealth? 🎶
Want to know what a community intervention looks like? 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦

Join us on 3 June for an exciting webinar feat. @annettebauer.bsky.social + Lauren Stewart to find out about @chimeproject.bsky.social 🗨️

REGISTER: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for Perinatal Mental Health GOLTC Global Perinatal Mental Health Interest Group webinar Date: 3 June 2025 Time: 10:00 to 10:00 BST (you can check your local time here.) Link: Register to join on Zoom
May 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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HAPPENING ON TUES 3 JUNE: Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for Perinatal Mental Health 🎶

Join us for an exciting webinar featuring @annettebauer.bsky.social + Lauren Stewart (Uni of Roehampton) to find out about @chimeproject.bsky.social
REGISTER: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for Perinatal Mental Health GOLTC Global Perinatal Mental Health Interest Group webinar Date: 3 June 2025 Time: 10:00 to 10:00 BST (you can check your local time here.) Link: Register to join on Zoom
May 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Interested in engaging with global experts in #health + #SocialCare?🌍

In April + May, we're hosting a series of exciting webinars - there's something for everyone, from ethics of #caretech, to #workforce retention, #continence care + more!

MORE DETAILS:👉 goltc.org/news/
@adelinacohe.bsky.social
Round-up of GOLTC webinars: Exploring new and “old” ethical issues when using new technology in LTC. 24 April 2025 Care Workforce Retention – what factors are critical and how they change with worker age. 30 April 2025 The politics of live-in care migration: a comparative study of Taiwan, Austria, and Germany. 8 May 2025 Global initiatives on continence care in long-term care. 14 May 2025. Ageing out of Place: Rethinking Aging, Place, and Policy in Times of Change 19 May 2025 Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control. 27 May 2025
April 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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ANOTHER WEBINAR: Estimating Costs of Informal #Care w/ a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control 💰

Join @adelinacohe.bsky.social, Javiera Cartagena-Farias (@cpeclse.bsky.social), @mariapetrillo.bsky.social (Sheffield) + Megan Doheny (@ki.se) on 27 May:👉 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control GOLTC QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHODS Interest Group webinar Date: 27 May 2025 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 BST (you can check your local time here.) Link: Register to join on Zoom
April 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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UPCOMING WEBINAR on #Ageing out of Place: Rethinking Aging, Place + Policy in Times of Change 🏡

JOIN an exciting panel on 19 May from #Australia, #Japan, #HongKong + #Sweden for a webinar on how older adults feel place-based disconnection + much more. 🗨️

REGISTER NOW:👉 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Ageing out of Place: Rethinking Aging, Place, and Policy in Times of Change GOLTC Ageing and Place Interest Group webinar Date: 19 May 2025 Time: 11:00 to 12:00 BST (you can check your local time here.) Link: Register to join on Zoom
April 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM