In this webinar, presenters discuss the data on COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised people, the role of additional doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, patients who should be considered to receive these additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, results from the August 13, 2021, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidance on additional COVID-19 doses in immunocompromised people.
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 study provides important preliminary results on the level of population risk and COVID-19 antibody response in older adult residents at assisted living, personal care, and independent living communities to inform reopening strategies.
This short video will teach you how to wear a face mask correctly.
This short video teaches correct PPE use for healthcare personnel.
This podcast describes the chronic symptoms experienced by many COVID-19 survivors.
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.
In this video a certified nursing assistant shares her personal story of overcoming vaccine-related fears, deciding to take the vaccine, and encouraging her colleagues to do the same.
This video provides a brief overview of Quality Assurance Performance Improvement for nursing homes.
This brief video from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) highlights long-term care staff who moved from being initially uncertain about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to accepting it and encouraging their peers to do the same.
This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
This 30-minute course reviews best practices for effective COVID-19 vaccine administration and addresses recent COVID-19 recommendations presented by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
To help prevent healthcare professional burnout, this website provides evidence-based recommendations.
In this video, Marshall Rosenberg, PhD, the author of “Nonviolent Communication - A Language for Life,” explains how to listen empathically.
This Spanish-language template letter can be used by long-term care facilities to gain consent from residents' family members to vaccinate.
This Spanish-language template letter can be used by long-term care facilities to gain consent from staff members to administer the vaccine.
This template letter can be used by long-term care facilities to gain consent from residents' family members to vaccinate.
This template letter can be used by long-term care facilities to gain consent from staff members to administer the vaccine.
This template newsletter article can be used to discuss your long-term care facility's experience with the COVID-19 vaccine.
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.
During this webinar, presenters discuss the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) role in issuing Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for certain monoclonal antibodies, options for compassionate use, the process for ordering and distributing monoclonal antibodies, and current data on using monoclonal antibodies for both non-hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. Presenters also cover preventing, diagnosing, and treating COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, including the role of monoclonal antibodies, serologic testing, and potential third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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.