The pandemic has shown that in many countries there is much to do to improve the quality of life and safety of people living in residential care facilities, and a tool available to government are regulatory and market shaping policies. This is the first of a series of webinars to explore COVID-19 Lessons to improve care home standards and regulatory approaches, featuring David Grabowski from Harvard University.

The webinar covered: Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and the Care Home Markets and Regulation Interest Group (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK); Introduction to the Care Home Markets and Regulation GOLTC Interest Group (Igor Shagalov, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK); Presentation: Improving Long-Term Care facilities: lessons from the pandemic and policy debates in the United States (David Grabowski, Harvard University, USA); and a Q&A and Discussion (Chaired by Jose-Luis Fernandez, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).

Read more about GOLTC and the Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group here.