COVID-19 Updates - Information for Providers

Information for Providers

Webinars from GSA

• Understanding Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Influenza, and COVID-19: Preparing for the Fall (August 31)
• Geriatric Oral Health and COVID-19: Old Problems, New Challenges, Part 1: Issues and Research Opportunities (October 9)
• Geriatric Oral Health and COVID-19: Old Problems, New Challenges, Part 2: Case Studies (October 16)
• The Intersection of Aging and COVID-19 (October 20)
• Raising Adult Immunization Rates — Using Routine Vaccination to Prepare for COVID-19 (November 19)

Support for Nursing Homes

• COVID-19 Rapid Response Network for Nursing Homes
  

  ​The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, is launching the COVID-19 Rapid Response Network for Nursing Homes to support nursing home leadership, staff, residents, families, and communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  The Rapid Response Network features a daily 20-minute National Nursing Home Huddle to provide real-time, pragmatic solutions that can be implemented in nursing homes today to solve many of the key problems brought about or exacerbated by COVID-19.

  Calls are open to all. Register at the link.

Vaccines

• CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Information: storage and handling, administration, training, adverse events
• CDC US COVID-19 Vaccine Product Information
• COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit:This toolkit provides medical centers, clinics, and clinicians with a variety of communications tools that they can use to inform healthcare teams and other staff. It includes fact sheets, answers to FAQs, posters, slides, sample social media materials, and more. This toolkit will be updated regularly. Please stay tuned for a forthcoming Communication Toolkit for Long-Term Care Facilities.
• Reagan Udall Foundation for the FDA COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Project: Provides straightforward, tested messages to help build confidence when speaking with vaccinees
• Vaccine factsheets in multiple languages: 
  • Moderna
  • Pfizer-BioNTech

Toolkits 

• Delirium Prevention Toolkit (Hospital Elder Life Program with GSA member Sharon Inouye)
• COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit: Resources for Healthcare Decision-Makers Responding to COVID-19 Workforce Concerns (ASPR)
• Palliative Care COVID-19 Toolkit (CAPC)
• Coronavirus Preparation and Response Toolkit for Senior Living Communities (Argentum)

Clinical Guidance

• COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (NIH)
• COVID-19 Guidance for Older Adults (CDC)
• Clinical management of COVID-19 (WHO)
• Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long Term Care Facilities (CDC)
• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities in the Context of COVID-19 (WHO)
• Clinical Guidance and Protocols (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
• COVID-19 Antibody Testing Primer (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
• Collection of MMWR Articles on COVID-19 (CDC)

CMS Guidance

• COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Guidance (CMS)
• Checklists and Tools to Accelerate Relief for State Medicaid and CHIP Programs (CMS)
• CMS Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Nursing Homes (CMS)
• CMS Frequently Asked Questions and Updates (CMS)

Ethical Frameworks from Partners

• Ethical Framework for Healthcare Institutions and Guidelines for Institutional Ethics Services Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic (The Hastings Center)
• A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

Caregiver Resources from Partners

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Tips for Dementia Caregivers (Alzheimer's Association)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Tips for Dementia Caregivers in Long-Term or Community-Based Settings (Alzheimer's Association)
• Resources on COVID-19 for Caregivers and Older Adults (National Alzheimer's Project Act/ASPE)
• Tips for Family Caregivers and COVID-19 (Caregiver Action Network)

Oral Health Resources from Partners

• Coronavirus Handout for Dentists Based on CDC Guidelines (ADA)
• #DentalER Awareness Campaign (Pacific Dental Services)

Special Populations Resources from Partners

• COVID-19, Alzheimer’s and Dementia: What You Need to Know (Alzheimers Association)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Dementia: Tips for Public Health Community (Alzheimers Association)
• Q&A on COVID-19 and Down Syndrome (National Down Syndrome Society)
• HIV and Aging: COVID-19 Updates (Association of Nurses in AIDS Care)

Partner/Other Organization Landing Pages of Resources

• Information for Internists (American College of Physicians)
• Pharmacists’ Guide to Coronavirus (American Pharmacists Association)
• Updates on COVID-19 in PALTC Settings (AMDA)
• News and Resources (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
• GeroCentral COVID-19 Resources (American Psychological Association)
• Disaster Resources (ASCP)
• Coronaviruses Resources (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases)
• Over-the-Counter Medication Information (BeMedWise)