The nursing home sector has seen a disproportionately high number of deaths as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. This reflects, in part, the frailty and vulnerability of older people living in care homes but has also, in part, been a consequence of the failure to include care homes in the systematic planning of a response to COVID, as well as a measure of neglect of standards and quality improvement in the sector. In response, the EUGMS published a set of medical standards of care developed in consultation with experts across its member national societies in 2015. The standards consisted of seven core principles of medical care for physicians working in nursing homes as a first step in developing a programme of clinical, academic and policy engagement in improving medical care for older people who are living and frequently also dying as residents in nursing homes. The gravity of the concerns arising for nursing home care from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as emerging insights on care improvement in nursing homes indicate that an update of these medical standards is timely. This was performed by the writing group from the original 2015 guidelines and is intended as an interim measure pending a more formal review incorporating a systematic review of emerging literature and a Delphi process.

• Klíčová slova
• COVID-19, MeSH, Nursing home, Physicians, Standard of care,
• MeSH
• analýza přežití MeSH
• COVID-19 MeSH
• delfská metoda MeSH
• domovy pro seniory organizace a řízení   MeSH
• geriatrické hodnocení metody   MeSH
• koronavirové infekce epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• lékaři normy   MeSH
• lékařská praxe - způsoby provádění normy   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• pandemie MeSH
• pečovatelské domovy organizace a řízení   MeSH
• poskytování zdravotní péče normy   MeSH
• příčina smrti MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• týmová péče o pacienty normy   MeSH
• virová pneumonie epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• zdravotnické služby - potřeby a požadavky MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• systematický přehled MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa MeSH