Since pandemic conditions emerged last March, long-term care providers have been beset with how to find, purchase and extend the use of enough personal protective equipment. Experts provide valuable advice on pursuing these valuable supplies while also trying to keep things as affordable as possible.
Recognition of the importance of infection control is the source of the new requirements, expectation
COVID-19 has placed restrictions on many “nonessential” projects like renovation. Money is tight. To adapt to the current COVID-19 conditions on limited budgets, administrators and staff are repurposing internal spaces. Their aim: allow for some measure of social activity while staying true to safety and social distancing rules. Here, design and furnishing representatives lend their expertise to the mission.
Shortage of supplies along with need for protocols relating to testing, cohorting, visitation lead to change.
COVID-19 has revived interest in an old technology as experts look to it as a tool for controlling outbreaks.
With all that has transpired, it may surprise some people that anyone is thinking about “ordinary” pre-pandemic issues. But for those looking beyond a time when COVID-19 is no longer a household acronym, workforce issues remain an important area to think about. Experts explain why the time to begin refocusing on frontline training and development is now, and how to approach them with ease.
Providers confront challenges, from low occupancy to earnings losses, but opportunities beckon as well.
Virus may hurt wound recovery, while limiting nursing home workers can hinder conventional wound therapy.
Providers await approval of COVID-19 drugs, while questions loom over possible timing of vaccine release.
With ease of transmission, pandemic poses new risks, but innovations also are offering new opportunities.
