In this webinar, presenters discuss the data on COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised people, the role of additional doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, patients who should be considered to receive these additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, results from the August 13, 2021, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidance on additional COVID-19 doses in immunocompromised people.
This webinar provides information about advance care planning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This short video teaches correct PPE use for healthcare personnel.
This presentation discusses the importance of recognizing new or worsening infections quickly in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.
This series of three learning modules focuses on identifying the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, knowing when and how to report signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and remembering to maintain infection prevention processes.
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage stress, work together to tackle common challenges, and practice open communication. The modules are about 5 minutes long.
This training is intended to prepare facilities to develop, manage, and maintain a surge plan.
In this video a certified nursing assistant shares her personal story of overcoming vaccine-related fears, deciding to take the vaccine, and encouraging her colleagues to do the same.
This video provides a brief overview of Quality Assurance Performance Improvement for nursing homes.
This brief video from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) highlights long-term care staff who moved from being initially uncertain about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to accepting it and encouraging their peers to do the same.
This video introduces a new COVID-19 response module for long-term care facilities as part of the National Healthcare Safety Network's Long-term Care Facility component.
This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
This 30-minute course reviews best practices for effective COVID-19 vaccine administration and addresses recent COVID-19 recommendations presented by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This video provides guidance on how nursing homes can enter point of care (POC) SARS-CoV-2 laboratory test data into the National Healthcare Safety Net application.
Esta serie de tres módulos de aprendizaje presenta estrategias para ayudar a los equipos de hogares de ancianos a reconocer y manejar el estrés, trabajar juntos para resolver desafíos comunes y practicar la comunicación abierta. Los módulos tienen una duración aproximada de 5 minutos.
In this video, Marshall Rosenberg, PhD, the author of “Nonviolent Communication - A Language for Life,” explains how to listen empathically.
This learning module will help you recognize when a resident may need support to resume normal activities.
This webinar provides information and resources that will address issues of COVID-related grief, trauma, and resilience in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) staff and leadership.
During this webinar, presenters discuss the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) role in issuing Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for certain monoclonal antibodies, options for compassionate use, the process for ordering and distributing monoclonal antibodies, and current data on using monoclonal antibodies for both non-hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. Presenters also cover preventing, diagnosing, and treating COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, including the role of monoclonal antibodies, serologic testing, and potential third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations.
This video features a physician describing their health system's approach to treating patients with ongoing symptoms post-COVID and the development of a COVID Recovery Center.
This video demonstrates what personal protective equipment should be used in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, and when and how to use it correctly to help protect staff and residents from COVID-19.
This series of two learning modules focuses on considerations for when to test residents for COVID-19 and how the COVID-19 vaccine can protect nursing home staff and residents. The modules are about 5 minutes long.