Additional Resources for Long-term Care Facilities

By the end of this module, medical directors will understand how to use empathetic communication strategies with residents and their families, so they can deliver high-quality care that meets nursing home residents’ needs.

The effects of many vaccines can wear off over time. For best protection, it is important to stay up to date with vaccines that protect against infectious respiratory diseases during the fall season.

In November 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for 2024-2025. This flyer helps nursing home staff, residents and visitors understand whether they are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations now.

By the end of this module, medical directors will be able to develop and implement proactive risk management strategies that improve resident care, enhance compliance, reduce civil and regulatory liability exposure, and promote emergency preparedness and response in nursing facilities.

On Sept. 30, 2024 (Quarter 4), the instructions for reporting COVID-19 vaccinations in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) changed. Refer to and display this new infographic to educate your nursing facility staff.

By the end of this module, medical directors will understand how to apply a systems approach to problem solving in the nursing home environment so they can improve safety, quality and health outcomes for residents. They will learn how to measure the impact of quality improvement initiatives and identify how systems theory can help with infection prevention and control.

Getting all vaccines will help protect you from severe symptoms so you can enjoy more time with important people in your life.

The TMF QIN-QIO offers nursing facilities onsite COVID-19 vaccine education for staff, residents and families. Print this flyer and write in the details to promote your education event.

By the end of this module, medical directors will have a solid understanding of quality management and how to implement a strong Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. They will learn how to structure effective quality initiatives, such as QAPI meetings, so they can identify deficiencies and sustain continuous quality improvement.

This flyer provides information about the systems of the human body affected by Long COVID-19.

By the end of this module, medical directors will understand how to improve the exchange of information and reduce medical errors so they can improve clinical outcomes during nursing home care transitions.

Soap and water work to remove all types of germs from hands, while alcohol-based hand sanitizer acts by killing certain germs on the skin. Use this flyer in nursing homes to educate how to properly use hand sanitizer to kill germs.

By the end of this module, medical directors will know how to positively influence staff behavior in a nursing home setting. Learners gain knowledge about how to coach, support and influence staff so they can increase job retention and satisfaction and improve quality of care.

In this module 3 of TMF's CMD training series, medical directors examine types of important committees within a nursing facility and why they matter. Learners will gain strategies for leading effective committee meetings and examples of how to use a committee to develop and manage COVID-19 protocols.

TMF’s Enhancing Care and Safety: Post-Pandemic Best Practices for Nursing Facility Leadership and Physicians is an on-demand training series to help nursing home medical directors shape the ethos and operational excellence of the facilities they oversee.

In this module 2 of TMF's monthly CMD training series, medical directors will understand the importance of implementing a successful infection prevention and control program (IPC) in the nursing home setting and how to integrate IPC into their Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program.

Health care providers can download this colorful flyer to remind patients and family members to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine.

TMF’s Enhancing Care and Safety: Post-Pandemic Best Practices for Nursing Facility Leadership and Physicians is an on-demand monthly training series to help nursing home medical directors shape the ethos and operational excellence of the facilities they oversee. Physicians will earn continuing medical education (CME) and medical directors will earn Certified Medical Director (CMD) credit for each monthly topic through November 2024. The first module is Employee Health and Safety.

While you may have heard that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated isolation guidelines for COVID-19 in March 2024, the updates do not apply to health care settings. Here is what nursing home staff and residents need to know when testing positive for COVID-19.

Post this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signage in English and Spanish to educate nursing facility staff on the proper sequence for donning and removing PPE.

Here is an A–Z list of infection prevention and control resources for nursing facility staff. Each letter links to a relevant fact sheet, flyer, tool or website for more details.

Display this flyer for nursing home staff to avoid reporting “unknown” vaccine status in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Here are tips to complete the search.

Here are five reasons for grandparents to be up to date with the COVID-19 vaccine.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), older adults are more likely to develop severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and need hospitalization. Display this flyer in your nursing facility to promote RSV vaccination.

The journey to COVID-19 infection control starts with each one of us. This flyer for nursing homes displays all the important prevention methods to encourage in your facility.

Celebrate and recognize the Vaccine Champions on your nursing facility staff with this Word template. Add a photo, your logo and own words and post this flyer in your facility to promote your staff and their commitment to infection prevention.

Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect you and your family from getting sick. Nursing facilities can post this flyer to educate visitors and families when and how they should wash their hands to stay healthy.

Promote and recognize the COVID-19 vaccine champions in your nursing homes with this flyer that allows them to personalize their reason why it is important. What is your why?

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a higher incidence of death in the Black population from COVID-19 than the U.S. population as a whole. This flyer also includes information about the vaccine research and benefits.

Use this cute flyer in nursing facilities to encourage staff to become COVID-19 Vaccine Champions and promote infection prevention.

This flyer from the British Society for Immunology explains how the vaccines for COVID-19 have been developed so fast.

Maintain infection control precautions in nursing homes with this infographic, which shows proper steps for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene.

Use these fun posters around your facility to spread infection control and smiles.

You may be confused about whether your symptoms are truly allergy related, flu or symptoms of an infection like COVID-19. This flyer helps distinguish the differences.

Download this fillable flyer to announce your long-term care facility's next COVID-19 vaccine clinic date.

This flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico promotes getting all vaccines to help protect from severe symptoms so you can enjoy more time with important people in your life.

Did you know that coloring can reduce stress and anxiety? This flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico has links to health care coloring sheets that you can print for nursing home staff and residents.

Soap and water work to remove all types of germs from hands, while alcohol-based hand sanitizer acts by killing certain germs on the skin. Use this flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico in nursing homes to educate how to properly use hand sanitizer to kill germs.

The journey to COVID-19 infection control starts with each one of us. This flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico displays all the important prevention methods to encourage in nursing homes.

Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect you and your family from getting sick. Nursing facilities can post this flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico to educate visitors and families when and how they should wash their hands to stay healthy.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a higher incidence of death in the Black population from COVID-19 than the U.S. population as a whole. This flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico also includes information about the vaccine research and benefits.

Maintain infection control precautions in nursing homes with this infographic in Spanish for Puerto Rico, which shows proper steps for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene.

Use these fun posters in Spanish for Puerto Rico around your facility to spread infection control and smiles.

Here in Spanish for Puerto Rico are five reasons for grandparents to be up to date with the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated COVID-19 vaccination recommendations in November 2024. This flyer in U.S. Spanish helps nursing home staff, residents and visitors understand whether they are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations now.

This U.S. Spanish flyer promotes getting all vaccines to help protect from severe symptoms so you can enjoy more time with important people in your life.

Did you know that coloring can reduce stress and anxiety? This U.S. Spanish flyer has links to health care coloring sheets that you can print for nursing home staff and residents.

Soap and water work to remove all types of germs from hands, while alcohol-based hand sanitizer acts by killing certain germs on the skin. Use this U.S. Spanish flyer in nursing homes to educate how to properly use hand sanitizer to kill germs.

Here in U.S. Spanish are five reasons for grandparents to be up to date with the COVID-19 vaccine.

The journey to COVID-19 infection control starts with each one of us. This U.S. Spanish flyer for nursing homes displays all the important prevention methods to encourage in your facility.

Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect you and your family from getting sick. Nursing facilities can post this U.S. Spanish flyer to educate visitors and families when and how they should wash their hands to stay healthy.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a higher incidence of death in the Black population from COVID-19 than the U.S. population as a whole. This flyer in U.S. Spanish also includes information about the vaccine research and benefits.

Maintain infection control precautions in nursing homes with this infographic in U.S. Spanish, which shows proper steps for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene.

Use these fun posters in U.S. Spanish around your facility to spread infection control and smiles.