Post-Acute Care Preparedness in a COVID-19 World.
J Am Geriatr Soc
; 68(6): 1150-1154, 2020 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-133566
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a surge of patients requiring post-acute care. In order to support federal, state and corporate planning, we offer a four-stage regionally oriented approach to achieving optimal systemwide resource allocation across a region's post-acute service settings and providers over time. In the first stage, the post-acute care system must, to the extent possible, help relieve acute hospitals of non-COVID-19 patients to create as much inpatient capacity as possible over the surge period. In the second stage after the initial surge as subsided, post-acute providers must protect vulnerable populations from COVID-19, prepare treat-in-place protocols for non-COVID-19 admissions, and create and formalize COVID-19 specific settings. In the third stage after a vaccine has been developed or an effective prophylactic option is available, post-acute care providers must assist with distribution and administration of vaccinations and prophylaxis, develop strategies to deliver non-COVID-19 related medical care, and begin to transition to the post-COVID-19 landscape. In the final stage, we must create health advisory bodies to review post-acute sector's response, identify opportunities to improve performance going forward, and develop a pandemic response plan for post-acute care providers. J Am Geriatr Soc 681150-1154, 2020.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Health Care Rationing
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Civil Defense
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Coronavirus Infections
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Subacute Care
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Geriatr Soc
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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