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[Webinar] COVID-19 Solutions for Senior Care Facilities – Best practices and success stories to keep your residents and employees safe
A new i Advance Senior Care webinar for executives, administrators, directors and other care leaders at senior care and LTC facilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the senior care facility industry and thrust us into a period of uncertainty. While many facilities are attempting to reopen and achieve a "new normal," we're still navigating new challenges in keeping residents and employees safe.
Join us on October 14 for a webinar that will review the impact of the pandemic on the industry and examine important steps and solutions that allow for improved safety. We'll highlight best practices and success stories from facilities that have successfully adapted to the challenges of the pandemic.
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View From the Trenches: Interview with Dr. Arif Nazir
Dr. Nazir talks about COVID testing, therapeutics, and keeping spirits high during this challenging time. Read More »
Best Practices to Integrate Contact Tracing into Daily Senior Care Facility Operations
Contact tracing is an essential tool in helping to prevent COVID-19 transmission, and it’s a tool that all senior care facilities need to implement. Read More »
How COVID-19 Could Bring a Resurgence of the “Neighborhood” Planning Model
This model features a smaller dining room and living room in each smaller “neighborhood,” reducing congestion and potential disease spread. Read More »
View From the Trenches: Interview with Dr. Karl Steinberg, President-Elect of AMDA
Dr. Steinberg champions the care provided by nursing homes and the value of perspective and kindness. Read More »
PPP Forgiveness Best Practices
If you anticipate applying for loan forgiveness (or already have), learn how to stay ahead of the game. Read More »
How Senior Care Facilities Can Help Minimize the Impact of Falls
Senior care facilities need to not only work to prevent falls, but also to minimize the injuries that result when falls do occur. Read More »
Caregivers – We’ll Be There When You Can’t Be
Learning to take care of yourself as well as implementing strategies to avoid fall injuries is important. Read More »
How Senior Care Facilities Can Improve Family Communication and Connections During the Pandemic
With COVID and budget constraints, senior care facilities are searching for ways to connect residents and their families. Read More »
Strategies for End-of-Life Conversations During COVID-19
End-of-life conversations are difficult, but they’re an essential aspect of operating a senior care facility. Read More »
Are More Civil Money Penalties the Answer?
CMS has announced that it has imposed more than $15 million in civil money penalties (CMPs) on more than 3,400 nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Is this effective? Read More »
Podcast: SmartCells Solutions are Making Seniors Safer
Bryce Betteridge, CEO of SmartCells Cushioning Technology, was recently featured on a podcast about senior care to highlight how his company is helping prevent fall-related injuries in seniors. Read More »
How To Ease Dementia Behaviors and Tensions During a Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the medical industry and the lives of families, especially those that have loved ones with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Read More »
Strategies to Facilitate Safe In-Person Visits
Some facilities are moving toward allowing in-person visits again. But this is a complicated decision that needs to be made deliberately and cautiously. Read More »
Assisted Living/Dementia Care: What To Do When Couples Have Different Needs
Many couples want to live as many of their "better" years together, and they want solutions within senior living that allow them to live together as long as is practical. Read More »
E-Notes Bring Residents Valuable Connections During COVID-19
The Maine Health Care Association saw an opportunity to connect children at home with seniors unable to visit their loved ones. Read More »
Mental Health Resources for Caregivers
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the senior care environment, and staff have endured significant stress, uncertainty, and emotional challenges. Read More »
COVID-19 and the Elderly: Could MMR Vaccination Slow the Pandemic?
There is an important possible explanation for why there is such difference of COVID-19 mortality rates: the implementation of MMR vaccination programs. Read More »
Special Report: COVID-19 and the Senior Care Industry
The resources in this new report can help senior care leaders learn from what other facilities are doing and better protect the seniors in your care. Read More »
Guide to Safely Spending Time Outside
Because of the pandemic, letting residents go outside requires more thought and planning than it has in previous years. But it's still highly worthwhile. Read More »
How Maryland Baptist Aged Home Avoided COVID-19
Learn how administrators at the Maryland Baptist Aged Home in Baltimore have prevented COVID-19 from entering the facility. Read More »
Clinical Trials Test New Drug for Prevention of COVID-19 in Elderly Residents
The drug has been shown in lab studies to inhibit the replication of many respiratory viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Read More »
Could Robotic Therapy Pets Support Senior Care Facility Residents?
For seniors with dementia, robotic pets can have a lifechanging effect. Read More »
Current Challenges are Opportunities for Dining Improvements
As senior living dining rooms prepare to reopen in senior living communities, operators need to recognize the huge opportunity they have in restarting their dining programs. Read More »
Beyond the Mask: How Caregivers Can Still Make Personal Connections
For senior care facility residents, interacting with caregivers, doctors, and specialists wearing PPE, particularly masks, can be an alienating experience. Read More »
How Healthcare Administrators Can Control COVID-19 Rumors Among Staff
Staff uncertainty and rumors can lead to confusion and unease, so facilities need to adjust their communications policies to prevent and control misinformation. Read More »
Key Resources from the CMS Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes
Here, we highlight some of the most versatile resources that senior care facilities can learn from and adopt. Read More »
What We Can Learn from Vernon Manor’s Zero Positive COVID-19 Cases
Thanks to quick and comprehensive action, all 93 residents of this family-owned post-hospital rehabilitation and long-term care facility have tested negative for COVID-19. Read More »
Three Actionable Steps for Reliably Strong WiFi at Senior Communities
WiFi has grown in popularity in nursing homes and long-term care communities both because of medical need and by resident demand. Read More »
