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

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

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020). doi: 10.1111/jgs.16520

Posted on RAND.org on May 21, 2020

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

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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