The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
This infographic checklist shares steps for decompressing after work.
This resource, designed by AHRQ, supports the use of observational audits which assist in identification of staff compliance with infection prevention practices.
This resource, designed by AHRQ, will help nursing homes get started with observational auditing, so you have useful data to guide improvement.
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 infographic for nurses provides instructions for disinfecting and entering the home after work.
This self-assessment tool can be used by nursing homes on a culture change journey to become aware of concrete changes that leading homes have made to their policies, practices, and environment due to their commitment to the principles of culture change.
These emotional wellness resources for nursing home staff list programs nursing home staff can access to help cope with the stress and emotions they may be experiencing from working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This LeadingAge toolkit was developed to help long-term care settings increase vaccine access for residents, care recipients, and staff.
This document includes examples of caring communication in a variety of situations.
This checklist will help post-acute and long-term care settings prepare to administer booser immunizations.
This tip sheet offers ways to implement and sustain consistent assignment of point-of-care staff.
This guide—which builds on the IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work—includes actionable ideas that leaders can quickly test during the coronavirus response and which can build the longer term foundation to sustain joy in work for the healthcare workforce.
The guide helps healthcare staff and leaders engage in effective conversations about COVID-19 vaccination.
This toolkit is a compilation of considerations for long-term care facilities based on lessons learned during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic accompanied by resources to inform planning and response efforts.
This guide assists healthcare professionals in having conversations about values and care preferences with patients and caregivers.
This worksheet supplements the Primary Care Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Screening (PC-PTSD-5) instrument.
This toolkit provides a checklist on how to improve emotional wellness in 6 areas of life. The cards can be printed separately or together as a collective.
This resource includes instructions for starter exercises for huddle facilitators.
This Fact Sheet provides instructions for preparation and administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 12 years of age and older.
This flyer offers tips for identifying and managing stress.
The partnership survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and The Washington Post examines the experiences and attitudes of frontline healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights findings from the survey related to vaccine intentions among frontline healthcare workers and the toll of the coronavirus pandemic on healthcare workers.
This guide shares ideas and strategies for acknowledging grief in long-term care settings.
In this communications guide, Ann Christiano and Jack Barry from the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida share 8 Principles of COVID-19 Vaccine Communications.
This tip sheet discusses the purpose, importance, and foundational practices of the huddle.