Protecting Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities From COVID-19: A Rapid Review of International Evidence

COVID-19 highlights Canada's care home crisis

(2021) Paul Webster   LANCET

Can Chinese Medicine Be Used for Prevention of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)? A Review of Historical Classics, Research Evidence and Current Prevention Programs

(2020) Hui Luo et al.   Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China

(2020) Zunyou Wu et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

COVID-19 in older people: a rapid clinical review

(2020) Fiona E Lithander et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Commentary: COVID in care homes—challenges and dilemmas in healthcare delivery

(2020) Adam L Gordon et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Achieving Safe, Effective, and Compassionate Quarantine or Isolation of Older Adults With Dementia in Nursing Homes

(2020) Andrea Iaboni et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Altered Mental Status as a Novel Initial Clinical Presentation for COVID-19 Infection in the Elderly

(2020) Christine F. Ward et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak on ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Care in Hong Kong, China

(2020) Chor-Cheung Frankie Tam et al.  

Telemedicine in nursing homes during the COVID ‐19 outbreak: A star is born (again)

(2020) Clément Cormi et al.   Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Can post-exposure prophylaxis for COVID-19 be considered as an outbreak response strategy in long-term care hospitals?

(2020) Sun Hee Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Critical Infection Control Adaptations to Survive COVID-19 in Retirement Communities

(2020) Albert Munanga   Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Diagnostic Testing for SARS-Coronavirus-2 in the Nursing Facility: Recommendations of a Delphi Panel of Long-Term Care Clinicians

(2020) Michael Wasserman et al.   Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging

International COVID-19 palliative care guidance for nursing homes leaves key themes unaddressed

(2020) Gilissen Joni et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Israel Ad Hoc COVID‐ 19 Committee: Guidelines for Care of Older Persons During a Pandemic

(2020) A. Mark Clarfield et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Preventing the Spread of COVID ‐19 to Nursing Homes: Experience from a Singapore Geriatric Centre

(2020) Li Feng Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Essential Long‐Term Care Workers Commonly Hold Second Jobs and Double‐ or Triple‐Duty Caregiving Roles

(2020) Courtney Harold Van Houtven et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Geriatrics and Long‐Term Care: The ABCDs of COVID ‐19

(2020) Heather D'Adamo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Heat maps for surveillance and prevention of COVID-19 spread in nursing homes and assisted living facilities

(2020) Gil Caspi et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Maintaining zero COVID-19 infection among long term care facility residents in Hong Kong

(2020) Yat-Fung Shea et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 in 97 Patients at a Skilled Nursing Facility

(2020) Scott A. Goldberg et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Successful prevention of COVID-19 outbreak at elderly care institutions in Taiwan

(2020) Peishan Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE FORMOSAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Limited effectiveness of systematic screening by nasopharyngeal RT-PCR of medicalized nursing home staff after a first case of COVID-19 in a resident

(2020) R. Guery et al.   MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES

Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington

(2020) Temet M. McMichael et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility

(2020) Melissa M. Arons et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Is social connectedness a risk factor for the spreading of COVID-19 among older adults? The Italian paradox

(2020) Giuseppe Liotta et al.   PLoS One

Covid-19: the precarious position of Spain’s nursing homes

(2020) Aser García Rada   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, Washington

(2020) Alison C. Roxby et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Residents of a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility — King County, Washington, March 2020

(2020) Anne Kimball et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Among Residents and Staff Members of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults — Seattle, Washington, 2020

(2020) Alison C. Roxby et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Universal and Serial Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 at a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility for Veterans — Los Angeles, California, 2020

(2020) Amy V. Dora et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020

(2020) Temet M. McMichael et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Hospital affiliated long term care facility COVID-19 containment strategy by using prevalence testing and infection control best practices

(2020) Paula Eckardt et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Environmental detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from medical equipment in long-term care facilities undergoing COVID-19 outbreaks

(2020) Atiba Nelson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Lessons Learned – Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

(2020) Justin J. Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

COVID-19 and long-term care facilities: Does ownership matter?

(2020) Margaret J. McGregor et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

For-profit long-term care homes and the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and resident deaths

(2020) Nathan M. Stall et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Characteristics and Outcomes of Health and Social Care workers testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the Tayside region of Scotland

(2020) Moneeza K. Siddiqui et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Preparing for COVID ‐19: The experiences of a long‐term care facility in Taiwan

(2020) Cheng‐Ren Chen et al.   Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Clusters of COVID ‐19 in long‐term care hospitals and facilities in Japan from 16 January to 9 May 2020

(2020) Osamu Iritani et al.   Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Older Adults and Covid-19: The Most Vulnerable, the Hardest Hit

(2020) Tia Powell et al.   HASTINGS CENTER REPORT

Widespread severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) laboratory surveillance program to minimize asymptomatic transmission in high-risk inpatient and congregate living settings

(2020) Lauren P. Jatt et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Nursing homes: the titanic of cruise ships – will residential aged care facilities survive the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic?

(2020) Frances Crotty et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces, air-conditioner and ventilation systems

(2020) Varvara A. Mouchtouri et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases

(2020) Jose F. Figueroa et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Guidance for the Prevention of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Short-Term Prospective Study

(2020) Yves Rolland et al.   Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging

Preventing Social Isolation: A Holistic Approach to Nursing Interventions

(2020) Anna Gale   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Universal Testing‐Based Response to COVID‐19 Outbreak by a Long‐Term Care and Post‐Acute Care Facility

(2020) Innokentiy Bakaev et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Variation in SARS‐CoV ‐2 Prevalence in US Skilled Nursing Facilities

(2020) Elizabeth M. White et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

COVID ‐19 Infections and Deaths among Connecticut Nursing Home Residents: Facility Correlates

(2020) Yue Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Characteristics of U.S. Nursing Homes with COVID ‐19 Cases

(2020) Hannah R. Abrams et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Helping nursing homes to manage the COVID ‐19 crisis: an illustrative example from France

(2020) Amal Aïdoud et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

COVID ‐19 in Nursing Homes: Calming the Perfect Storm

(2020) Joseph G. Ouslander et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Staffing Levels and COVID ‐19 Cases and Outbreaks in US Nursing Homes

(2020) Rebecca J. Gorges et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Allowing Visitors Back in the Nursing Home During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Dutch National Study Into First Experiences and Impact on Well-Being

(2020) Hilde Verbeek et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Long-Term Care, Residential Facilities, and COVID-19: An Overview of Federal and State Policy Responses

(2020) Angela T. Chen et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Policy Recommendations Regarding Skilled Nursing Facility Management of Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19): Lessons from New York State

(2020) Paula E. Lester et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Temperature in Nursing Home Residents Systematically Tested for SARS-CoV-2

(2020) James L. Rudolph et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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

(2020) William R. Mills et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Efficacy of a Test-Retest Strategy in Residents and Health Care Personnel of a Nursing Home Facing a COVID-19 Outbreak

(2020) Hubert Blain et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Is There a Link between Nursing Home Reported Quality and COVID-19 Cases? Evidence from California Skilled Nursing Facilities

(2020) Mengying He et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Rapid Telehealth-Centered Response to COVID-19 Outbreaks in Postacute and Long-Term Care Facilities

(2020) Drew A. Harris et al.   Telemedicine and e-Health

COVID-19, frailty and long-term care: Implications for policy and practice

(2020) Melissa Andrew et al.   Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

The neglect of adult social care during covid-19

(2020) Jon Glasby et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Initial and Repeated Point Prevalence Surveys to Inform SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevention in 26 Skilled Nursing Facilities — Detroit, Michigan, March–May 2020

(2020) Guillermo V. Sanchez et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Facility-Wide Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes — Seven U.S. Jurisdictions, March–June 2020

(2020) Kelly M. Hatfield et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Residents Receiving Dialysis in a Nursing Home — Maryland, April 2020

(2020) Benjamin F. Bigelow et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Risk Factors Associated With Mortality Among Residents With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Long-term Care Facilities in Ontario, Canada

(2020) David N. Fisman et al.   JAMA Network Open

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in French Nursing Homes That Implemented Staff Confinement With Residents

(2020) Joël Belmin et al.   JAMA Network Open

Medicine is a social science: COVID-19 and the tragedy of residential care facilities in high-income countries

(2020) Tanja Krones et al.   BMJ Global Health

Care Homes and COVID-19 in Hong Kong: how the lessons from SARS were used to good effect

(2020) Lina Chow   AGE AND AGEING

Asymptomatic carriage rates and case fatality of SARS-CoV-2 infection in residents and staff in Irish nursing homes

(2020) Sean P Kennelly et al.   AGE AND AGEING

SEeking AnsweRs for Care Homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID SEARCH)

(2020) Karen Spilsbury et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Pooling for SARS-CoV-2 control in care institutions

(2020) Jorge Julio Cabrera Alvargonzalez et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Active testing of groups at increased risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 in Canada: costs and human resource needs

(2020) Jonathon R. Campbell et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

COVID-19 in long-term care homes in Ontario and British Columbia

(2020) Michael Liu et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Learnings to operate LTC better from the COVID-19 crisis

(2020) Richard G. Stefanacci et al.   GERIATRIC NURSING

Family members' concerns about relatives in long‐term care facilities: Acceptance of visiting restriction policy amid the COVID ‐19 pandemic

(2020) Ting‐Chun Yeh et al.   Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes

(2020) Adam Dean et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Severe Staffing And Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Faced By Nursing Homes During The COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Brian E. McGarry et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

COVID-19 in Long Term Care Facilities: A Review of Epidemiology, Clinical Presentations, and Containment Interventions

(2020) Cameron Gmehlin et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A UK survey of COVID‐19 related social support closures and their effects on older people, people with dementia, and carers

(2020) Clarissa Giebel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

A Study of Universal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA Testing Among Residents and Staff in a Large Group of Care Homes in South London

(2020) Agnes Marossy et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The COVID-19 Pandemic – a pandemic of lockdown loneliness and the role of digital technology: A viewpoint (Preprint)

(2020) Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

Stemming the Tide of COVID ‐19 Infections in Massachusetts Nursing Homes

(2020) Lewis A. Lipsitz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Partnering with Local Hospitals and Public Health to Manage COVID ‐19 Outbreaks in Nursing Homes

(2020) Ana Montoya et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Temperature Screening for SARS‐CoV ‐2 in Nursing Homes: Evidence from Two National Cohorts

(2020) Kevin W. McConeghy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Predicting Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection Risk and Related Risk Drivers in Nursing Homes: A Machine Learning Approach

(2020) Christopher L.F. Sun et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Three-Tiered COVID-19 Cohorting Strategy and Implications for Memory Care

(2020) Maggie Collison et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Risk Factors, Presentation, and Course of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Large, Academic Long-Term Care Facility

(2020) Sandra M. Shi et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Care Aides Working Multiple Jobs: Considerations for Staffing Policies in Long-Term Care Homes During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Yinfei Duan et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Safe Inter-Organizational Health Information Exchange During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Serena P. Wong et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Nursing Home Social Workers Perceptions of Preparedness and Coping for COVID-19

(2020) Vivian J Miller et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

COVID ‐19 in a Sydney nursing home: a case study and lessons learnt

(2020) Gwendolyn L Gilbert   MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Drive-through testing for SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic health and social care workers and household members: an observational cohort study

(2020) Benjamin J Parcell et al.   THORAX

Airborne transmission of covid-19

(2020) Nick Wilson et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A cross-sectional survey assessing the preparedness of the long-term care sector to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

(2020) Henry Yu-Hin Siu et al.   BMC Geriatrics

Association Between CMS Quality Ratings and COVID-19 Outbreaks in Nursing Homes — West Virginia, March 17–June 11, 2020

(2020) David P. Bui et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Preventing COVID-19 Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities Through Preemptive Testing of Residents and Staff Members — Fulton County, Georgia, March–May 2020

(2020) Carson T. Telford et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Preventing the transmission of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses in older adults aged 60 years and above living in long-term care: a rapid review

(2020) Patricia Rios et al.   Systematic Reviews

Halting a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a US Veterans Affairs nursing home

(2020) George Psevdos et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

A framework for patient-centered telemedicine: Application and lessons learned from vulnerable populations

(2020) Andrew H. Talal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS

Mapping community-level determinants of COVID-19 transmission in nursing homes: A multi-scale approach

(2020) Margaret M. Sugg et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Association Between Nursing Home Crowding and COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in Ontario, Canada

(2020) Kevin A. Brown et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

A scoping review of rapid review methods

(2015) Andrea C. Tricco et al.   BMC Medicine