Setting-Specific Guidance for COVID-19: Long-Term Care
- ACHA, NCAL, and NHPCO: Guidance on the Role of Hospice Services in LTC Facilities During COVID-19 Pandemic
- AMDA (Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine): COVID-19 Resources including:
- 5/28 consensus statement on an evidence-based response to COVID-19 in congregate settings
- FAQs regarding COVID-19 and PALTC (Updated May 6, 2020)
- Self-care resources for long-term care health care workers
- CDC: Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes, information to help long-term care facilities prevent, identify, and contain COVID-19 infection, assess PPE, and care for residents with serious illness
- CMS: Upcoming Requirements for Notification of Confirmed COVID-19 (or COVID-19 Persons under Investigation) Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes
- See the CDC's clarification of CMS reporting requirements here.
- Indiana University Center for Aging Research: Advance Care Planning During a Crisis: Key Information for Nursing Facility Staff, 12-minute webinar created by Susan Hickman, PhD, and Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): COVID-19 Resources: Care of Older Adults, list of national resources that support age-friendly care during COVID-19
- John A. Hartford Foundation: COVID-19 Resources for Nursing Homes & Long-Term Care
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS):
- LeadingAge: Coronavirus Resources including timely 'hot topic' updates and training
- NASEM: Keeping Nursing Home Residents and Staff Safe in the Era of COVID-19, April 22, 2020 webinar moderated by Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation