The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have expanded their #getvaccinated campaign to help educate and encourage caregivers and staff at long term care facilities to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This website includes vaccination location tools, FAQs, and other educational resources.
This vaccine toolkit was specifically designed for assisted living providers to assist in their efforts to access the vaccine booster. These materials include booster clinic guidance for assisted living providers and sample letters for family consent and staff consent.
This website includes information for COVID-19 vaccination administration, storage and handing, reporting, and patient education for each specific vaccine.
This website provides resources, including COVID-19 public health emergency response information, for nursing home staff and leadership.
The guide helps healthcare staff and leaders engage in effective conversations about COVID-19 vaccination.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides answers to a variety of frequently asked questions related to COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.
This resource is intended for nursing home staff to put the latest information regarding infection control, COVID-19 preparedness, resident-centered care, vaccine distribution and other important topics into practice. The User Guide and Kudos Kit were designed to help nursing home teams access the free, on-demand trainings and celebrate the staff who complete them.
To help share clear consistent, and credible information about COVID-19 vaccines, nursing home leadership can use this toolkit for communicating with staff.
This webpage provides information on the vaccines that are approved and authorized in the United States to prevent COVID-19.
This webpage provides information on the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines.
The materials in this toolkit are intended to help providers communicate about the importance of vaccination.
This flyer addresses common concerns healthcare workers may have related to getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
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 guidance for infection prevention and control for healthcare personnel during COVID-19 applies to all U.S. settings where healthcare is delivered, including home health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated select healthcare infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations in response to COVID-19 vaccination, which are now summarized in this guidance.
This article features answers to common questions on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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 flyer provides messaging to encourage long term care staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
On this website, long-term care facilities can track weekly COVID-19 vaccination data for healthcare personnels and residents.
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 webpage provides an overview of the causes and frequency of post-COVID conditions for healthcare providers.
This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
This webpage provides COVID-19 data for various populations and guidance on how to slow the spread.
This flyer reinforces the importance of following safety guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19.
This Spanish-language template letter can be used by long-term care facilities to gain consent from staff members to administer the vaccine.
Information about the COVID-19 vaccines authorized or approved for use in the United States.