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 flyer highlights key Psychological First Aid concepts and resources disaster responders and outreach workers may use when assisting individuals affected by the pandemic. It also provides resources for further assistance.
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 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.
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 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 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.
These documents provide guidance for surveyors of long-term care facilities.
In the event of an infectious disease outbreak, local officials may require the public to take measures to limit and control the spread of the disease. This tip sheet provides information about social distancing, quarantine, and isolation.
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.