TY - JOUR
T1 - “We are Alone in This Battle”
T2 - A Framework for a Coordinated Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
AU - Behrens, Liza L.
AU - Naylor, Mary D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award [T32NR009356].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - As of May 2020, nursing home residents account for a staggering one-third of the more than 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the U.S. This pandemic has resulted in unprecedented threats to achieving and sustaining care quality even in the best nursing homes, requiring active engagement of nursing home leaders in developing solutions responsive to the unprecedented threats to quality standards of care delivery during the pandemic. This perspective offers a framework, designed with the input of nursing home leaders, to facilitate internal and external decision-making and collective action to address these threats. Policy options focus on assuring a shared understanding among nursing home leaders and government agencies of changes in the operational status of nursing homes throughout the crisis, improving access to additional essential resources needed to mitigate the crisis’ impact, and promoting shared accountability for consistently achieving accepted standards in core quality domains.
AB - As of May 2020, nursing home residents account for a staggering one-third of the more than 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the U.S. This pandemic has resulted in unprecedented threats to achieving and sustaining care quality even in the best nursing homes, requiring active engagement of nursing home leaders in developing solutions responsive to the unprecedented threats to quality standards of care delivery during the pandemic. This perspective offers a framework, designed with the input of nursing home leaders, to facilitate internal and external decision-making and collective action to address these threats. Policy options focus on assuring a shared understanding among nursing home leaders and government agencies of changes in the operational status of nursing homes throughout the crisis, improving access to additional essential resources needed to mitigate the crisis’ impact, and promoting shared accountability for consistently achieving accepted standards in core quality domains.
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U2 - 10.1080/08959420.2020.1773190
DO - 10.1080/08959420.2020.1773190
M3 - Article
C2 - 32497467
AN - SCOPUS:85087111122
SN - 0895-9420
VL - 32
SP - 316
EP - 322
JO - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
IS - 4-5
ER -