Nontraditional Small House Nursing Homes Have Fewer COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

Green House and other small nursing home (NH) models are considered “nontraditional” due to their size (10-12 beds), universal caregivers, and other home-like features. They have garnered great interest regarding their potential benefit to limit COVID-19 infections due to fewer people living, working, visiting, and being admitted to Green House/small NHs, and pr ivate rooms and bathrooms, but this assumption has not been tested. If they prove advantageous compared to other NHs, they may constitute an especially promising model as policy makers and providers reinvent NHs post-COVID.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Original Study - Brief Report Source Type: research