STUDY OVERVIEW
STUDY INTRODUCTION
The majority of COVID-19 deaths in Canada have occurred in residents of long-term care, assisted living and retirement homes. COVID-19 has had and continues to have a significant impact on these homes in Canada. It is thus important for us to continue expanding our understanding of infection and immunity in residents of these homes. Through collaborating with residents, staff, and essential caregivers, our research team will work to contribute to creating a greater understanding of COVID in long-term care and how long-term care residents can be kept safe and healthy in the future.
BENEFITS OF ENROLLING
Community Benefits
This study will help the scientific community understand how to appropriately deal with future viral infections in long-term care, assisted living and retirement homes. In turn, this understanding will contribute to a greater awareness of the spread and impact of respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, in the community.
Social Benefits
We hope that by using study data we can understand which residents have some protective factors against COVID-19. Understanding their immunity will allow us to identify how we can socialize and interact with loved ones in a safe and healthy manner during the pandemic and future viral infection outbreaks.
Personal Benefits
By participating in this study, you get to be a part of one of the largest single studies in long-term care in Canada and contribute to helping us keep you and those around you safe. Your efforts truly can help us shape and influence the future of long-term care.
STUDY OBJECTIVES
- Determine how well vaccinations work in residents of long-term care, assisted living and retirement homes.
- Discover whether a resident's immune response or previous exposure can protect them or make them vulnerable to infection.
3.Understand which features of long-term care, assisted living and retirement facilities are associated with COVID-19 outbreaks.
- Determine if long-term care, assisted living and retirement homes that have had outbreaks or had staff infected are less likely to have outbreaks in the future.
