Home-Based Primary Care Led-Outbreak Mitigation in Assisted Living Facilities in the First 100  Days of Coronavirus Disease 2019

In this report, we describe the methods our home-based primary care practice has developed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and we present an initial evaluation of this innovation. Shortly after the first COVID-19 case was reported in the United States, our organization assembled an outbreak committee, designed to support the 1794 ALF residents and the 101 communities in which they reside.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - June 10, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: William R. Mills, Janet M. Buccola, Susan Sender, Joseph Lichtefeld, Nicholas Romano, Karen Reynolds, Melissa Price, Jennifer Phipps, Leigh White, Shauen Howard Tags: Pragmatic Innovations in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Source Type: research