These videos are intended to assist nursing homes in overcoming vaccine hesitancy with their staff, residents, and family members.
The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance to long-term care facilities when making decisions about accepting hospital discharges.
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.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have expanded their #getvaccinated campaign to help educate and encourage caregivers and staff at long term care facilities to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This website includes vaccination location tools, FAQs, and other educational resources.
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 vaccine toolkit was specifically designed for assisted living providers to assist in their efforts to access the vaccine booster. These materials include booster clinic guidance for assisted living providers and sample letters for family consent and staff consent.
This LeadingAge toolkit was developed to help long-term care settings increase vaccine access for residents, care recipients, and staff.
This website includes information for COVID-19 vaccination administration, storage and handing, reporting, and patient education for each specific vaccine.
These self-paced, scenario based modules are intended to provide administrative staff members with best practices for containing and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
This checklist will help post-acute and long-term care settings prepare to administer booser immunizations.
This webpage provides updated information from the CDC on a range of COVID-19 clinical care topics.
This American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) blog summarizes updated testing guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The guide helps healthcare staff and leaders engage in effective conversations about COVID-19 vaccination.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides answers to a variety of frequently asked questions related to COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.
The COVID-19 County Check Tool provides a snapshot of county levels of community transmission over the past 7 days. The tool also displays guidance on masking based on how the virus is spreading.
This webpage provides information on COVID-19 vaccination administration, storage and handling, reporting, and patient education for each specific vaccine.
This toolkit contains ready-made materials you can use to inform your healthcare teams and other staff about the COVID-19 vaccine.
This toolkit provides a variety of educational resources and promotional materials related to COVID-19 vaccination.
This page outlines the data systems that have been integrated to ensure successful tracking and reporting of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data. Each section includes an overview and information on trainings to support implementation.
This document contains a list of immunization training and educational materials, including basic and COVID-19-vaccine-specific information.
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage offers the latest information about COVID-19 vaccination recommendations and access in long-term care settings.
To help share clear consistent, and credible information about COVID-19 vaccines, nursing home leadership can use this toolkit for communicating with staff.
This module provides healthcare providers with information about COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Authorization and safety, as well as general information about vaccine storage, handling, administration, and reporting.
This webpage explains why COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and provides links to data on vaccine effectiveness and vaccine breakthrough infections.
This webpage discusses the value of vaccination in the long-term care setting for residents and staff.