Covid-19 HSE Clinical Guidance and Evidence

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• Jan 6th 2022, Is a booster COVID-19 vaccination required for older people? Keywords: Booster, COVID-19, older people
• Jan 12, 2021- What is the evidence on additional risk for people >65 with cardiovascular disease? [Update] Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease 
• Oct 22 2020  -What is the evidence for the impact of closures of day-care centres and resumption of day care services for older people during COVID-19? Keywords: Older People, Day Care Centres
• Oct 16 2020  - Is visiting [in the social context] associated with increased incidence of COVID-19 in long-term residential care facilities? Keywords: Long Term Residential Facilities, Visiting
• Sept 10 2020  - What are the psychosocial needs of older people 65+ during the COVID-19 pandemic? Keywords: Older People, psychosocial needs
• • Loneliness and social isolation in the COVID-19 Pandemic among the over 70s: Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and ALONE
• May 29th 2020 - What impact is cocooning and the increased level of anxiety due to COVID-19 having on the mental health of those identified as at-risk due to a chronic disease [immunocompromised]? What interventions have been identified and deemed efficacious? Keywords: Mental Health, Self Isolation
• May 24th 2020 - What is the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the mental health of elderly nursing home residents? Keywords: Elderly, Nursing Homes, Mental Health
• May 6th 2020 - What characterizes atypical clinical presentation of COVID-19 in older patients (age 65 plus) Keywords: Atypical Clinical Presentation, Elderly
• April 30th 2020 - What is the rate of asymptomatic carriage of COVID-19 amongst both older people [65+] and the general population? Keywords: Older People, Asymptomatic Carriage 
• April 3rd, 2020 - Dietetic advice for COVID 19 confirmed >65year old  - Download the summary of evidence 
• March 23rd 2020, Specific requirements or considerations for patients >65 with COVID-19? - Download evidence