Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 1, 2020

Unprecedented Solutions for Extraordinary Times: Helping Long-Term Care Settings Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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  • In the presence of unprecedented morbidity and mortality in long term care (LTC) facilities for the elders in Washington State, Gaur et al. highlight staffing and resource challenges, and discuss why LTC settings have the most notable burden of COVID-19 cases among all segments of the healthcare system. 
  • They provide a series of recommendations for state, local and hospital systems to minimize or prevent disease occurrence in LTC facilities. They also provide criteria for admissions of new or COVID-19 recovered seniors to these facilities.

Gaur et al. (Mar 30, 2020). Unprecedented Solutions for Extraordinary Times: Helping Long-Term Care Settings Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.  https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.98