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“Abandoned” Nursing Homes Continue to Face Critical Supply and Staff Shortages as COVID-19 Toll Has Mounted

Educational Objective
To understand how nursing homes continue to face critical supple and staff shortages during COVID-19
1 Credit CME

With the nation’s goodwill directed at hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nursing homes became caught in a critical catch-22. Their initial pleas for personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic tests, and staffing support went largely ignored. Months into the crisis, as some facilities still scrounged for supplies and staff, the federal government announced phased guidance for reopening nursing homes that hinges on the very resources they don’t have.

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With the nation’s goodwill directed at hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nursing homes became caught in a critical catch-22. Their initial pleas for personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic tests, and staffing support went largely ignored. Months into the crisis, as some facilities still scrounged for supplies and staff, the federal government announced phased guidance for reopening nursing homes that hinges on the very resources they don’t have.

The May 18 recommendations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aim to direct state and local officials in relaxing restrictions for the nation’s more than 15 000 nursing homes, whose 1.3 million residents are locked down without visitors, communal meals, or group activities. They call for having adequate PPE on hand and regularly testing staff and residents for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) before ending lockdowns.

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment requirements] of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program

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