What Changes has the Pandemic Brought to Long-term Care Organisation in OECD Countries?
Thursday 31 March 2022 18:00Speakers: |
Dr Ana LLena-Nozal, Senior Economist, OECD Chaired by Professor Mary Daly, Governing Body Fellow, Green Templeton College and Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford |
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Virtual Event |
About the event
Dr Ana Llena-Nozal is a senior economist with the OECD. She leads the Organization’s long-term care work, coordinating research and policy on such topics as dementia care, the future of the long-term care workforce, social protection and funding in long-term care, the impact of COVID-19 in long-term care services, policies to promote healthy ageing and end-of-life care. The COVID-19 crisis has hit the long-term care (LTC) sector particularly hard. This presentation analyses the effects of COVID-19 on LTC in OECD countries. It takes stock of the wide range of policy responses that countries have implemented, detailing the changes over time on testing strategies, reduction of interactions and isolation measures, digitalisation of services, and workforce. The presentation also assesses emergency preparedness in the sector, as well as the effectiveness of workforce and vaccination strategies. Finally, the presentation shows how policy responses affected care continuity and the well-being of residents while also outlining the organisational and coordination challenges.
About the speaker
Ana Llena-Nozal is a senior economist with the OECD. She leads the Organization’s long-term care work, coordinating research and policy on such topics as dementia care, the future of the long-term care workforce, social protection and funding in long-term care, the impact of COVID-19 in long-term care services, policies to promote healthy ageing and end-of-life care. She has been leading work on advising countries such as Croatia and Lithuania on long-term care reform, for example. She joined the OECD in 2006 where she has worked also on projects related to health, employment, income inequality and social policy. Before joining the OECD, Ms. Llena-Nozal was a researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (Sussex University), Utrecht University and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her previous research includes international comparative projects in the areas of education, labour market policy and health inequalities. Ana Llena-Nozal is Spanish and has a degree in development studies from the London School of Economics (MSc.) and in economics from the Pompeu Fabra University (MSc) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD).
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