Nursing Homes

Infection Control in Nursing Homes Project

If you are a nursing home in Pennsylvania or West Virginia, please join us as a member of our Nursing Home Learning & Action Network (LAN) to participate in our new project on improving infection control practices.

Resources:

• Survey Prioritization Fact Sheet
• COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes
• Medicaring Blog Post - Preparing the Eldercare System for a Surge of COVID-19 Deaths
• Long-term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Toolkit

News:

• CMS Announces Findings at Kirkland Nursing Home and New Targeted Plan for Healthcare Facility Inspections in light of COVID-19 (3/23/20)
• CMS Announces New Measures to Protect Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 (3/13/20)
• Addressing Nursing Home Residents' Fears About COVID-19 (3/10/20)