COVID-19 Preparedness in Nursing Homes in the Midst of the Pandemic

Denise D. Quigley, Andrew W. Dick, Mansi Agarwal, Karen Jones, Lona Mody, Patricia Stone

ResearchPosted on rand.org May 21, 2020Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020). doi: 10.1111/jgs.16520

Nursing homes (NH) are considered hotspots for COVID-19 given their residential environments and patient vulnerabilities. We describe the COVID-19 preparedness of NHs across the nation.

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  • Copyright: The American Geriatrics Society
  • Publisher: Wiley Online Library
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2020
  • Pages: 2
  • Document Number: EP-68179

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