Building community and resilience in Massachusetts nursing homes during the COVID‐19 pandemic

AW Baughman, M Renton, NK Wehbi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, frontline nursing home staff faced extraordinary stressors
including high infection and mortality rates and ever‐changing and sometimes conflicting …

Stemming the tide of COVID‐19 infections in Massachusetts nursing homes

LA Lipsitz, AM Lujan, A Dufour… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES In April 2020, Massachusetts nursing homes (NHs) became a
hotspot for COVID‐19 infections and associated deaths. In response, Governor Charles …

Role of nursing home quality on COVID-19 cases and deaths: evidence from florida nursing homes

X Wang, C Wilson, K Holmes - Journal of Gerontological Social …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disproportionately affects nursing
home residents, resulting in an elevated risk for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality for this …

A hospital partnership with a nursing home experiencing a COVID‐19 outbreak: description of a multiphase emergency response in Toronto, Canada

NM Stall, C Farquharson, C Fan‐Lun… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nursing homes have become “ground zero” for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
epidemic in North America, with homes experiencing widespread outbreaks, resulting in …

Critical infection control adaptations to survive COVID-19 in retirement communities

A Munanga - Journal of gerontological nursing, 2020 - journals.healio.com
A retirement community in Seattle, Washington reported their first COVID-19 case in early
March 2020 and within 1 week, the community had a total of four positive resident cases and …

COVID‐19 in nursing homes: calming the perfect storm

JG Ouslander, DC Grabowski - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The pandemic of viral infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2
that causes COVID‐19 disease has put the nursing home industry in crisis. The combination …

A health system response to COVID‐19 in long‐term care and post‐acute care: a three‐phase approach

G Kim, M Wang, H Pan, G H. Davidson… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The Seattle, WA, area was ground zero for coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID‐19). Its initial emergence in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) not only highlighted the …

Partnering with local hospitals and public health to manage COVID‐19 outbreaks in nursing homes

A Montoya, G Jenq, JP Mills, J Beal… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Almost half of deaths related to COVID‐19 in the United
States are linked to nursing homes (NHs). We describe among short‐term and long‐term …

Rethinking Infection Control: Nursing Home Administrator Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JF Brazier, EM White, A Meehan, RR Shield… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To examine nursing home administrator perspectives of infection control practices
in nursing homes at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and characterize lessons learned …

“It's Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon”: Stages of Managing a Nursing Home Throughout the Pandemic

A Meehan, EA Gadbois, JF Brazier, C Madrigal… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To qualitatively examine the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes over the
course of the pandemic from the perspective of nursing home administrators. Design In …