This article covers research on early psychological programs that aim to prevent or reduce mental health symptoms and that have been tested in frontline responders.
This video helps families understand the struggles, challenges, grief, and trauma associated with COVID-19 and why it is important that everyone do their part to prevent the spread.
This series of three learning modules focuses on identifying the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, knowing when and how to report signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and remembering to maintain infection prevention processes.
This video provides guidance on how to have conversations to increase vaccine confidence with nursing home staff.
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage stress, work together to tackle common challenges, and practice open communication. The modules are about 5 minutes long.
This flyer addresses common concerns healthcare workers may have related to getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
This hand hygiene toolkit contains many ready-to-use practical tools which been field-tested and have yielded new, interesting data on hand hygiene practices and success factors for improvement.
This video describes three actions to help leaders prepare for conversations that engage colleagues to identify what matters to them in their work.
This training is intended to prepare facilities to develop, manage, and maintain a surge plan.
This video provides a brief overview of Quality Assurance Performance Improvement for nursing homes.
This learning module offers ideas to help boost morale, build trust, create a positive work environment, and practice open communication.
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 series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
To help prevent healthcare professional burnout, this website provides evidence-based recommendations.
This tool is intended for health care facilities that have either cared for or admitted COVID-19 patients. It can help determine the risk of COVID-19 virus infection of all health care workers who have been exposed to a COVID-19 patient and then provides recommendations for appropriate management of these health care workers, according to their infection risk.
This tool explores the future need for and delivery of aging services in the context of expectable, challenging and visionary futures.
Esta serie de tres módulos de aprendizaje presenta estrategias para ayudar a los equipos de hogares de ancianos a reconocer y manejar el estrés, trabajar juntos para resolver desafíos comunes y practicar la comunicación abierta. Los módulos tienen una duración aproximada de 5 minutos.
This flyer reinforces the importance of following safety guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19.
In this video, Marshall Rosenberg, PhD, the author of “Nonviolent Communication - A Language for Life,” explains how to listen empathically.
This learning module will help you recognize when a resident may need support to resume normal activities.
This webinar provides information and resources that will address issues of COVID-related grief, trauma, and resilience in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) staff and leadership.
This video features a physician describing their health system's approach to treating patients with ongoing symptoms post-COVID and the development of a COVID Recovery Center.
Video of Associate Professor of Philosophy Bert Baumgaertner discussing his research about vaccination decision-making, strategies for resolving disagreements, and how to apply his findings to vaccine conversations.
This toolkit helps long-term care facilities navigate visitation guidance.