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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing Homes
AHRQ provided 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. AHRQ is 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 23 of 23 Resources DisplayedThe 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 document is a section of the All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package. It provides a description and list of successful practices of high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections.
This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and how to report illness.
This website provides resources, including COVID-19 public health emergency response information, for nursing home staff and leadership.
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 webpage provides CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Regional Offices.
This document provides guidance on cohorting in order to reduce the exposure of residents without COVID-19.
This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19.
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.
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.
This document provides guidance on utilizing hospice services in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This training is intended to prepare facilities to develop, manage, and maintain a surge plan.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed toolkits to aid nursing home teams with improving staff competency and employee satisfaction. There are three toolkits in this series.
This educational series includes seven action briefs that focus on five key areas in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Health Care Association Infection Preventionist Specialized Training is a specialized course of study for healthcare professionals who desire to serve as infection preventionists. Through this program, individuals will be specially trained to effectively implement and manage an Infection Prevention and Control Program in a nursing center.
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 one-page document provides a roll-up of expert key findings on the causality of COVID outbreaks in nursing homes.
This podcast is the first in a series of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-sponsored podcasts for frontline nursing home staff, and discusses training and infection control practices in nursing homes to help combat the spread of COVID-19.
This worksheet will help you create a performance improvement project charter.
This webinar will walk you through how to get ready and promote high vaccination rates in your facility.
These documents provide guidance for surveyors of long-term care facilities.
This toolkit catalogs the many innovative solutions designed at the state level to protect our nation’s vulnerable nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
