A group of people with whom you have close physical contact.

This report defines care homes as long-term care facilities, nursing homes, residential care homes and skilled nursing facilities providing care for older people.

Methods of grouping residents without physically separating them onto separate floors or disparate wings of a care home (e.g. allocating groups of residents to separate areas on the same floor).

A means of separating someone who has a suspected or confirmed contagious disease from those who do not.

Any instance where an individual is prevented from doing something they would normally do in a care home (e.g. cancelling all groups and activities so that residents are no longer able to attend) or asked to modify the way in which they would normally do something (e.g. asking staff to work different shift patterns).

Asking clinically vulnerable individuals to isolate themselves to protect from coronavirus disease 2019.

Any instance where an individual can carry on activities of normal life, while remaining at a distance (e.g. 2 m) from other individuals.

The systematic collection and analysis of health-related data.

The creation of physical separation areas within a care home, for example separating residents with and without coronavirus disease 2019 onto separate floors or disparate wings of a care home.