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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
´óÏóÊÓƵprovided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents and staff from infection. ´óÏóÊÓƵis curating resources from the Network’s curriculum and continuing to develop new resources.
The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality improvement resources. Use the filters on the left to view resources by topic, source, resource type, date, and audience. The Catalog is continually refined and updated as new resources become available.
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1 to 24 of 24 Resources Displayed​The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This document provides guidance to long-term care facilities for making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This resource, designed by AHRQ, supports the use of observational audits which assist in identification of staff compliance with infection prevention practices.
This resource, designed by AHRQ, will help nursing homes get started with observational auditing, so you have useful data to guide improvement.
​​This document provides guidance on cohorting in order to reduce the exposure of residents without COVID-19.
​This document guides the interpretation of results when antigen tests are used in the following circumstances: testing of symptomatic residents and healthcare professionals, testing of asymptomatic residents and healthcare professionals in facilities as part of an COVID-19 outbreak response, and testing of asymptomatic healthcare professionals in facilities without a COVID-19 outbreak as required by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recommendations.
​The Continuity of Essential Health Services Facility Assessment Tool can be used to rapidly assess the capacity of health facilities to maintain the provision of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
​This toolkit is a compilation of considerations for long-term care facilities based on lessons learned during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic accompanied by resources to inform planning and response efforts.
​This document provides a list of COVID-19 testing vendors for long term care. The list contains the vendor's name, company details, testing process description, turnaround time, test and billing information, service area and contact information.
This tool can be used to assess and monitor the structural capacities of facilities to (i) allow safe COVID‑19 case management; (ii) continue to deliver essential services; and (iii) enable surge planning.
This document answers questions related to nursing home visitation during COVID-19, including but not limited to the steps nursing homes should take before reopening to visitors, visitation for compassionate care situations, outside visits, communal visits, and visits from the ombudsman.
Frontline healthcare personnel can use this checklist to evaluate patients for COVID-19.
This Interim Final Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) establishes Long-Term Care (LTC) facility testing requirements for staff and residents. Specifically, facilities are required to test residents and staff, including individuals providing services under arrangement and volunteers, for COVID-19 based on parameters set forth by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. This memorandum provides guidance for facilities to meet the new requirements.
This document provides answers and visual guides to Frequently Asked Questions concerning the National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 Point of Care (POC) Test Result Reporting Tool.
This document describes the difference between compassionate care visits and general visits and covers when compassionate care visits should be permitted during COVID-19.
This flyer highlights strategies long-term care staff and leadership to consider when interacting with residents to support positive outcomes for both staff and residents.
This worksheet will help you create a performance improvement project charter.
​​This Spanish-language factsheet is intended to educate readers about the different types of COVID-19 tests and the steps involved.
These documents provide guidance for surveyors of long-term care facilities.
This employer resource poster promotes COVID-19 safety for cleaning staff.
This fact sheet provides information on the possible symptoms of COVID-19.
This presentation provides guidance for nursing homes and clinical laboratories for use of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing, with links to helpful resources.
​This document provides guidance on documenting calls for help to federal, state and local entities.
