This document summarizes 3-Day Stay and Benefit-Period Waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency for the Medicare Part A skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
This guide provides ideas and lessons learned to improve the well-being of the healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
This document describes various State-based approaches to addressing social isolation in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
These mini-modules are designed to help healthcare workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic relieve stress.
This Caring for Caregivers Institute for Healthcare Improvement Virtual Learning Hour special series, presented in partnership with Well Being Trust, featured topics related to the prevention, prediction, and mitigation of poor caregiver mental health and well-being, and was guided by experts in the field.
In this video, Patricia Watson, PhD, of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder discusses ways that healthcare workers can manage stress — theirs and others’ — as they face the ever-changing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These self-paced, scenario based modules are intended to provide administrative staff members with best practices for containing and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
This document provides guidance to clinicians caring for COVID-19 patients during all phases of their disease (i.e. screening to discharge).
This document provides ideas for communicating with family members of residents during COVID-19.
This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19.
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 communication toolkit contains a series of simplified messages and reminders based on the World Health Organization's technical guidance on infection prevention and control in the context of COVID-19.
This interactive website includes data reported by nursing homes to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network. It includes a total of COVID-19 confirmed cases, suspected cases, and deaths.
This toolkit provides a variety of educational resources and promotional materials related to COVID-19 vaccination.
This page outlines the data systems that have been integrated to ensure successful tracking and reporting of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data. Each section includes an overview and information on trainings to support implementation.
This document contains a list of immunization training and educational materials, including basic and COVID-19-vaccine-specific information.
This document provides key information for employing several waivers of requirements that would normally be in place for providers to receive reimbursement under Medicare or Medicaid.
This webpage provides answers to some commonly asked questions regarding COVID-19 vaccination.
This guide consolidates COVID-19 guidance for human resources for health managers and policy-makers at national, subnational and facility levels to design, manage and preserve the workforce necessary to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain essential health services.
This article discusses psychologists’ research showing how to boost leaders’ communication in times of crisis.
This webinar training is intended to prepare healthcare workers to develop, manage and maintain a surge plan.
These stories from long term care facilities focus on key takeaways from implementing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention infection prevention guidelines.
Schwartz Center Chief Medical Officer Beth Lown, MD, joins Patricia Watson, PhD, of the National Center for PTSD, and Richard Westphal, PhD, RN, of the UVA School of Nursing, for a conversation about what healthcare leaders can do to support their teams during the COVID-19 crisis.
This document contains electronic links to reliable sources of information regarding telehealth and telemedicine.
This session for direct care staff offers tips to manage stress and cope with grief.