CDC Resources for Long-term Care Facilities

Updated in November 2024, this fact sheet provides the latest COVID-19 vaccine recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all persons.

Moving Needles is a five-year cooperative agreement between PALTmed (Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association, formerly known as AMDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They provide strategies and ideas for evidence-based quality improvement projects to improve immunization rates in nursing homes.

Listen to this Aug. 8, 2024, Nursing Home Connect webinar recording to hear a panel of experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide updates on the upcoming vaccination season, including new recommendations for older adults for COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu.

American Medical Association (AMA) President Bruce Scott, MD, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, discuss vaccinations, treatment and other tools that can keep everyone safer this respiratory illness season. Free Continuing Education (CE) available until Sept. 9, 2024. Course number: WC4847-080624 | Access code: CDC-AMA2024

As "FLiRT" coronavirus variants account for about 77% of infections, COVID-19 cases are ticking upward this summer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. This Becker’s Hospital Review article highlights five important notes about increasing COVID-19 cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines and the updated 2024-2025 flu vaccines to protect against severe COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter. It is safe to receive COVID-19 and flu vaccines at the same visit.

Listen to this recording as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) long-term care team provides an overview of COVID-19 vaccination reporting, COVID-19 case and hospitalization reporting, and NHSN administrative topics, such as adding/editing users in the application.

Listen to this April 25, 2024, Nursing Home Connect webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network where specialists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) instruct on the latest guidance for COVID-19 vaccination policy, treatment options and more.

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.

On Feb. 28, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the recommendation for adults ages 65 years and older to receive an additional updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose. The recommendation acknowledges the increased risk of severe disease from COVID-19 in older adults, along with the currently available data on vaccine effectiveness.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) presented a national webinar featuring the TMF QIN-QIO's work with Birchwood of Beeville, Texas, nursing home on Jan. 31, 2024. Hear directly from nursing home teams that developed successful strategies to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and fatigue, schedule onsite vaccination clinics and address staff turnover.

This infographic shows that antivirals reduce the risk of mild COVID-19 symptoms becoming severe, and includes facts about therapeutics, risk factors for COVID-19 and links to resources.

Older Americans who are not vaccinated are at greater risk of serious illness. Read this press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advising vaccines to protect older adults against all three fall/winter respiratory illnesses: flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

What is mRNA? What is in the vaccine? Refer to this fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for quick answers to these questions and more.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides COVID-19 tools, information and action steps to share with your family, friends and health care providers.

COVID-19 cases are increasing. Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and timely access to treatment are the best ways to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. Here are the latest facts and resources from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Make a COVID-19 plan now so you’re prepared. Plan for options for work, childcare, and other responsibilities that may cause stress if you were to become sick. Download this three-page handout from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get started.

Check with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the latest answers to commonly asked questions about COVID-19 vaccinations.

A new CDC report shows that in a large cohort of nursing home residents, receipt of a second mRNA COVID-19 booster dose during circulation of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants was 74% effective at 60 days against severe COVID-19–related outcomes (including hospitalization or death), and 90% against death alone compared with receipt of a single booster dose.

Children and youth with special healthcare needs require more care for their physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional differences than their typically developing peers. A special healthcare need can include physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, as well as long-standing medical conditions.

Information and materials that are needed for each specific COVID-19 vaccine that covers administration, storage and handling, safety and reporting.

Use Vaccines.gov to find COVID-19 and flu vaccine providers near you and additional vaccine-related information

Vaccinate with confidence is a strategic framework of the CDC to strengthen vaccine confidence and prevent further outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S.

The Guide for Community Partners is a resource for organizations with community-level reach that are looking to get engaged in or support COVID-19 vaccination confidence and access in racial and ethnic minority communities.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created an introduction to Motivational Interviewing for health care professionals.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website to learn more about the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, including who is eligible to receive it and how many doses are given.

Health care professionals from all care settings are encouraged to use the resources listed in this change package to help care for patients at risk of contracting COVID-19.

This fact sheet from AMDA answers frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccine boosters, including why they are needed, who is eligible, and whether vaccine types can be mixed and matched.

This worksheet identifies the main concerns people have about getting a COVID-19 vaccine or booster and shares strategies for decreasing vaccine fears, addressing misinformation and increasing the number of people getting the vaccine and booster shots.

Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities can use this checklist to assess and improve their preparedness for responding to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance for COVID-19 vaccination. To view all updates, please visit the CDC webpage for Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Approved or Authorized in the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this health advisory to update health care providers, public health departments and the public about the availability and use of recommended therapies for COVID-19. For patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are not hospitalized and who are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, several treatment options are now widely available and accessible.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this summary (PDF) of interim clinical considerations for the use of COVID-19 vaccines currently approved or authorized in the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its summary document for interim clinical considerations for use of COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized or approved in the United States.

View this webpage on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website to download the latest handouts listing clinical considerations and guidance for administering the COVID-19 vaccine to all eligible populations, as well as guidance for what to do - and how to avoid - vaccination administration errors.

Download this new poster for long-term care facilities to encourage residents to get COVID-19 booster shots.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new online checker to allow anyone to find levels of COVID-19 in their community. The site also provides prevention tips based on each community's level of the virus. Data updated weekly.

Download this one-page handout the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed and hang it in your office to help encourage staff and patients or residents to get their COVID-19 booster shot.

Ivermectin is not authorized or approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prevention or treatment of COVID-19. The National Institutes of Health’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel also determined that there are currently insufficient data to recommend ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19.

The CDC offers guidelines for when to stay home and what to do in specific settings.

This webinar provides updates to the CDC’s COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines in health care and non-health care settings.

What masks should be worn in the workplace? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has outlined standards for masks that should be worn in the workplace.

The CDC explains the different types of COVID-19 tests and offers online testing tools.

The CDC explains treatments that your health care provider might recommend if you are sick.

Who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, and when should they get one? View this quick breakdown from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to learn more.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Nov. 1, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, to learn who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot and which booster shot individuals can get.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Nov. 1, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, as he discusses the science and studies leading to the emergency authorization use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 pediatric vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 years old.

This article discusses the risk of severe illness with COVID-19 versus COVID-19-vaccinated women who are currently breastfeeding or pregnant and/or planning for future pregnancy.

Download this checklist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the risk of infection for health care workers who were exposed to persons with COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s interim guidance on post-COVID conditions provides new information to assist health care professionals with evaluating, managing and caring for patients who may experience long-term effects after a COVID-19 infection.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has outlined training and guidance to assist vaccinators to overcome challenges associated with delivering COVID-19 vaccinations to access-challenged and hard-to-reach individuals.

Health care providers can use this prevaccination checklist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to use with residents and patients who are interested to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

This document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a list of COVID-19 vaccination training programs and reference materials for health care professionals.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has issued updated guidance allowing nursing homes to safely expand visitation options during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency.

View these COVID-19 vaccine resources for health care providers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

What do you need to know to get a COVID-19 vaccine? View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website for answers to your questions about the vaccine, including where to sign up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed clinical resources for each COVID-19 vaccine.

Bryan Health developed this poster showing the levels of risk for the spread of COVID-19 with and without a mask. Download the PDF and share this important information with your team and residents.

Health care systems typically have uneven distribution of COVID-19 cases, with some regions’ health care systems experiencing patient surges while others have excess capacity for patient care. This guidance is for state and local emergency medical planners and all health care facilities, especially facilities in rural areas. The guidance outlines considerations around the transfer of patients, staff, and supplies between health care facilities to optimize patient care, balance resources, and minimize use of crisis care standards.

Planning and preparing for hurricanes and other natural disasters can be stressful, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new website, Natural Disasters, Severe Weather, and COVID-19, that includes information on preparedness and recovery during the COVID-19 response and what the general public can do to keep themselves safe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention frequently asked questions have been updated based on feedback from frontline professionals to assist health care personnel and facilities in preventing transmission of COVID-19 in health care settings.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the nursing home testing guidelines to include testing the same individual more than once in a 24-hour period and to encourage consideration for testing symptomatic residents for other causes of respiratory illness in addition to SARS-CoV-2.

View this webpage from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help estimate the amount of personal protective equipment being used over time.

Watch this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention video demonstration to learn how to remove personal protective equipment. (4 minutes 15 seconds)

Watch this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention video demonstration to get the latest information on how to put on personal protective equipment. (4 minutes 15 seconds)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its COVID-19 transmission webpage to clarify information about how the virus spreads.

View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's webpage for recommendations and considerations for performing facility-wide testing.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's long-term care facility COVID-19 Module webpage to answer your questions about enrollment, training opportunities, data collection forms and instructions, staff impact, personal protective equipment and more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides recommendations for when you can begin to be with other people after you likely had or had been ill with COVID-19.

Read this report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to learn how a skilled nursing facility stopped a COVID-19 outbreak.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage for learning opportunities related to COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed this Infection Control Assessment and Response tool that offers many uses. The content can also be used by assisted living facilities and health departments.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a framework for delivering non-COVID-19 health care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance for memory care units during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Follow these steps to enroll in the National Healthcare Safety Network to gain access to the COVID-19 Module to report required information.

View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage for further guidance on the symptoms of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance on the criticality of recognizing what stress looks like, steps to build resilience, manage job stress and know where to go if help is needed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance for health care personnel and first responders to recognize what stress looks like, steps to build resilience and cope with stress, and know where to go if you need help.

Long-term care facilities and nursing homes are encouraged to watch this video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn how to recognize new or worsening COVID-19 infections in residents.

Watch this video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn what staff, vendors and consultants should do and what they should wear to protect residents and keep COVID-19 out of your facility.

Watch this video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn what personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used in long-term care facilities and nursing homes, and when and how to use PPE correctly to help protect yourself and residents from COVID-19.

Long-term care facilities and nursing homes are encouraged to watch this video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn how and when to clean and disinfect environmental and equipment surfaces to help stop the spread of bacteria and viruses, especially COVID-19.

Long-term care facilities and nursing homes are encouraged to watch this video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn how and when to perform hand hygiene as part of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage to view COVID-19 related videos.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its frequently asked questions for COVID-19. If a long-term care facility has a resident or staff member with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, how and to whom should this be communicated?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a printable PDF version of these 10 clinical tips.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides considerations for use of test-based strategies for preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in nursing homes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides considerations for the public health response to COVID-19 in nursing homes.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage to learn more about clinical care guidance for health care professionals related to COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released webinars that are intended to be used as a training tool/resource for frontline long-term care staff members.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed updated priorities for testing patients who are suspected to be infected with COVID-19.

View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage to review updates to the symptom-based strategy to discontinue isolation for persons with COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network introduces a new COVID-19 module for long-term care facilities.

Visit this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage for a weekly surveillance summary of U.S. COVID-19 activity.

Read the latest reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's webpage highlights basic principles of contact tracing to stop COVID-19 transmission; detailed guidance for health departments and potential contact tracers is forthcoming.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information regarding the effects of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups.

This guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been updated to include the recommendation that all U.S. health care facilities put policies into place requiring everyone entering the facility to practice source control, regardless of symptoms.

Update: This interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was updated to align with revisions to the public health recommendations for community-related exposure to COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance to include key strategies to prepare for COVID-19 in long-term care facilities.

This updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers decisions about return to work for health care personnel with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's webpage to learn about strategies to help cope with stress and anxiety during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency.

View this list of online training sessions for health care professionals related to COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Respiratory Surveillance Line List from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a template for data collection and active monitoring of both residents and staff during a suspected respiratory illness cluster or outbreak at a nursing home or other long-term care facility.

This course will provide infection prevention and control (IPC) training for individuals responsible for IPC programs in nursing homes.

On April 16, 2020, the CDC Clinician Outreach and Community Activity (COCA) presented a webinar to provide guidance to death certifiers on proper cause-of-death certification for cases where confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection resulted in death.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) answers frequently asked questions about how to wear a cloth face covering.

Keep up with the important work the Task Force is doing in response to COVID-19.

Get the important information from this April 14, 2020, training webinar presented by CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created this social media toolkit to help localize efforts in responding to the virus that causes COVID-19.

This interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pertains to critical infrastructure workers.

On April 3, 2020, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, Deborah Birx, MD, White House Coronavirus Task Force, and officials from the FDA, CDC, and FEMA participated in a call on COVID-19 flexibilities.

This is a 45-second video demonstration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The report, updated each Friday, summarizes and interprets key indicators, including information related to COVID-19 outpatient visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as laboratory data.

This April 8, 2020, webinar by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided a COVID-19 update for rural health partners.

Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to wear a cloth face covering

Answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about cloth face coverings

This CDC document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of disposable N95 filtering facepiece respirators (commonly called “N95 respirators”) in health care settings when there is limited supply.

Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to plan, prepare and respond to COVID-19.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) compiled the best practices and lessons learned that communities have already faced fighting COVID-19

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are issuing new recommendations to state and local governments and long-term care facilities (also known as nursing homes) to help mitigate the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Ensemble Health Partners provides the latest coding updates due to COVID-19.

Here are some everyday steps, steps when someone is sick, and considerations for employers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Transcripts and audio recordings of the CDC's public service announcements can be found here.

Here are the CDC's public health communication options at U.S. ports of entry.

Here are the latest CDC updates for face coverings, care plans, persons with disabilities, managing anxiety and stress, and more.

Follow these steps from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Here are the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Here is a list of the latest COVID-19 tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC's Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator is a spreadsheet-based model that helps health care facilities plan and optimize the use of PPE for response to COVID-19.

During this Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) call, presenters focus on current information about people who are higher risk for COVID-19 complications because of their age or underlying medical conditions, particularly those that are not well-controlled.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidelines about COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides facts about coronavirus (COVID-19) to help stop the spread of rumors.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), surge capacity is a useful framework to approach a decreased supply of PPE during the COVID-19 response.

The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training course is designed for individuals responsible for infection prevention and control (IPC) programs in nursing homes. The course includes IPC resources.

What you need to know from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

What you need to know from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidance documents, videos and toolkits about COVID-19.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of disposable N95 filtering face piece respirators (commonly called “N95 respirators”) in health care settings when there is limited supply.

This interim CDC guidance is intended to assist with assessment of risk and application of work restrictions for asymptomatic health care personnel (HCP) with potential exposure to patients, visitors, or other HCP with confirmed COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for testing, specimen collection, and reporting patients and reporting positive test results.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidance documents, videos and toolkits about COVID-19.

This CDC video answers important questions about hand washing and hand sanitizer.

This U.S. Spanish fact sheet provides the latest COVID-19 vaccine recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all persons.