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CDC and CMS Present Stories from the Field: Immunization Strategies for Long-Term Care
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.
Video    Date Added: 02/21/2024    Date Last Modified: Feb 21 2024 10:08AM  
Nursing Home Connect: COVID-19 Outbreak Response Plan
In this recorded webinar on Feb. 1, 2024, TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) introduces a new COVID-19 Outbreak Response Plan to provide resources and guidance for investigation, contact tracing, containment and cohorting, and educational signage. Learn how to ensure a proper communication chain is executed if an outbreak occurs.
Video    Date Added: 02/05/2024    Date Last Modified: Feb 7 2024 11:48AM  
Nursing Home Connect – Reflect, Reclaim, Recharge: From Collective Trauma to Post-Pandemic Growth
During this Nursing Home Connect webinar recording from Jan. 25, 2024, Susan Wehry, MD, director of AgingME, discusses the physical and mental challenges faced by health care staff since the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nationally recognized geriatric psychiatrist, Dr. Wehry provides lessons and strategies on overcoming those lasting effects.
WebEx    Date Added: 02/02/2024    Date Last Modified: Feb 2 2024 3:17PM  
Seniors in Care Facilities Have More Protection Available This Year: CDC Encourages Vaccination Against Flu, COVID-19 and RSV
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.
Web link    Date Added: 01/03/2024    Date Last Modified: Jan 3 2024 3:29PM  
AHCA 2023 #GetVaccinated Toolkit
The American Health Care Association's (AHCA) 2023 #GetVaccinated Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that includes Medicare billing guidance and a reimbursement guide in addition to clinical resources.
Web link    Date Added: 12/07/2023    Date Last Modified: Dec 12 2023 3:09PM  
Resident Immunizations Plan of Action
Use this simple planning form when talking with nursing facility residents about immunizations (flu, pneumonia, COVID-19, RSV, shingles).
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 11/10/2023    Date Last Modified: Nov 10 2023 1:58PM  
How Vaccines Are Working
Display this immunizations infographic in facilities to show how vaccines control, eliminate and eradicate disease.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 11/09/2023    Date Last Modified: Nov 9 2023 11:12AM  
Nursing Home Office Hours — Optimizing Staff Health
In this Oct. 24, 2023, recording, TMF QIN-QIO specialists discuss how nursing home staff can cope with their physical and emotional conditions despite COVID-19 fatigue.
Video    Date Added: 10/27/2023    Date Last Modified: Nov 16 2023 9:51AM  
2023 #GetVaccinated Toolkit
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) created this toolkit to help long-term care providers encourage and facilitate vaccinations among their residents and staff.
Web link    Date Added: 10/23/2023    Date Last Modified: Oct 23 2023 3:38PM  
Nursing Home Office Hours — Care Coordination for Happy Transitions
In this Oct. 10, 2023, recording, TMF QIN-QIO specialists walk through a seamless transition of care, including effective communication of COVID-19 vaccination status.
Video    Date Added: 10/13/2023    Date Last Modified: Nov 16 2023 9:52AM  
Nursing Home Office Hours — Keeping Up with COVID-19 Variants
In this Sept. 26, 2023, recording, TMF QIN-QIO specialists discuss the latest variant classifications, how variants occur, how they are tracked and how COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines are evolving to adapt to new variants.
Video    Date Added: 10/02/2023    Date Last Modified: Oct 2 2023 3:53PM  
Staff Vaccine Champion Spotlight Template
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.
Microsoft Word    Date Added: 09/22/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2023 9:41AM  
Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Plan of Action
Use this planning form when talking with nursing facility residents about their COVID-19 vaccination status.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/20/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 20 2023 3:12PM  
Nursing Home Office Hours — Fall Immunizations Toolkit
In this Sept. 12, 2023, recording, TMF Quality Innovation Network–Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) specialists discuss the importance of the updated COVID-19 vaccine, routine vaccinations for older adults this season and our new immunization resources toolkit.
Video    Date Added: 09/15/2023    Date Last Modified: Oct 27 2023 11:56AM  
Vaccine Champions and Education Keep Residents Safe
This success story shows how Morningside at the Meadows, a senior living community in San Antonio, Texas, managed to get all residents up to date with the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine.
Web link    Date Added: 09/14/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 14 2023 8:15AM  
Immunizations Toolkit
Nursing facilities can use these flu, pneumonia, COVID-19 and RSV immunization resources for staff, residents and family.
Web link    Date Added: 09/12/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 8 2023 1:55PM  
Nursing Home Office Hours — Health Equity and Vaccine Hesitancy
In this Aug. 22, 2023, recording, learn how cultural disparities, generational factors and gender can affect COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. TMF QIN-QIO specialists discuss ways to leverage this information to develop new understandings and design processes to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
Video    Date Added: 08/28/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 28 2023 9:54AM  
Long COVID Poster: Protect Your Loved Ones
Display this poster about preventing Long COVID and getting up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations in your facility.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/03/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 3 2023 7:53AM  
Long COVID Infographic
What are the risks and symptoms of Long COVID-19? Refer to this infographic for details.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/03/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 3 2023 10:53AM  
Success Story: How to Overcome Vaccine Resistance in Long-Term Care
With some perseverance and free technical assistance and education resources from the TMF QIN-QIO, Victoria Gardens of Frisco, Texas, succeeded in convincing 30 residents and family that the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine is necessary.
Web link    Date Added: 07/25/2023    Date Last Modified: Jul 25 2023 1:06PM  
How mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Work
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.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/11/2023    Date Last Modified: Jul 11 2023 2:34PM  
Identify Vaccine Champions
Look for this Vaccine Champion logo on nursing home staff badges to answer your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/11/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 21 2023 1:33PM  
Nursing Home Office Hours: Getting Ahead of Sepsis
In this Nov. 15, 2022, recording, TMF QIN-QIO specialists discuss infection control procedures, including COVID-19 vaccinations, as a way to prevent sepsis.
Video    Date Added: 11/21/2022    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2023 4:44PM  
Effectiveness of a Second COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Against Infection, Hospitalization, or Death Among Nursing Home Residents — 19 States, March 29–July 25, 2022
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.
Web link    Date Added: 10/10/2022    Date Last Modified: Oct 10 2022 11:31AM  
Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Motivational interviewing, a collaborative conversation style for strengthening motivation and commitment to change, may serve as an effective approach to mitigate vaccine hesitancy in the clinical setting.
Web link    Date Added: 10/03/2022    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2023 11:55AM  
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About COVID-19 Vaccinations
Visit this CDC website for commonly asked questions about COVID-19 vaccinations.
Web link    Date Added: 09/28/2022    Date Last Modified: Sep 28 2022 6:09PM  
Resident and Family Engagement Tip Sheet
Here are some ideas that nursing facilities have shared recently for engaging residents and their families as they transition into facilities for both short stays and long-term care.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/22/2022    Date Last Modified: Sep 22 2022 3:04PM  
Talking with Patients about COVID-19 Vaccination
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created an introduction to Motivational Interviewing for health care professionals.
Web link    Date Added: 09/19/2022    Date Last Modified: Sep 16 2022 10:26AM  
Performance Improvement Tracker Template
Use this Excel tool to measure and graph your performance improvement measures.
Microsoft Excel    Date Added: 08/15/2022    Date Last Modified: Jul 7 2023 12:51PM  
LTC Connect: Infection Control Practices and Compliance
This July 21 LTC Connect recording features TMF QIN-QIO subject-matter experts reviewing hand hygiene protocols and proper procedures for donning and doffing personal protective equipment. They also discuss targeted COVID-19 training from CMS for management and frontline staff, including vaccination system preparation.
Video    Date Added: 07/28/2022    Date Last Modified: Jan 18 2023 9:41AM  
Top COVID-19 Response Strategies for Nursing Homes
Valuable peer-to-peer learning is shared during TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization’s (QIN-QIO) weekly Nursing Home Office Hours. This article shines a spotlight on some of the best ideas revealed during the first half of 2022 to overcome daily challenges with COVID-19 and vaccinations in nursing facilities.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/01/2022    Date Last Modified: Jul 12 2022 1:34PM  
COVID-19 Vaccination Change Package for Health Care Teams
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.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/28/2022    Date Last Modified: Jul 6 2022 2:43PM  
AHRQ COVID-19 Identification & Prevention Series
This series of three learning modules focuses on identifying the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, knowing when and how to report signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and remembering to maintain infection prevention processes.
Web link    Date Added: 06/22/2022    Date Last Modified: Jun 22 2022 4:35PM  
LTC Connect: Up to Speed – NHSN Updates
This June 16, 2022, LTC Connect recording features TMF QIN-QIO subject-matter experts reviewing recent updates to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) reporting system, including changes to the data that facilities are asked to report in the COVID-19 Pathway and Vaccination modules.
Video    Date Added: 06/21/2022    Date Last Modified: Jan 18 2023 9:42AM  
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Settings
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).
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/13/2022    Date Last Modified: Jun 13 2022 8:43AM  
LTC Connect: Being Mindful of Medications in Acute Illness and COVID-19
This May 19, 2022, LTC Connect recording features Amie Taggart Blaszczyk, PharmD, BCGP, BCPS, FASCP, professor and division head of Geriatrics & Pediatrics with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, discussing her research on medication issues seen in the wake of a COVID-19 diagnosis. Her findings show the dangers of polypharmacy and interactions beyond the acute illness, and can inform us about what to watch out for when any acute illness occurs in residents.
Video    Date Added: 05/24/2022    Date Last Modified: Jan 18 2023 9:47AM  
Flyer: Is It Allergies or Something Else?
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.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/12/2022    Date Last Modified: Jun 20 2022 3:46PM  
Respirator Fit Testing
This Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ - document provides guidance on what fit testing is, how to do it and what the person being tested can expect.
Web link    Date Added: 04/20/2022    Date Last Modified: Apr 21 2022 9:51AM  
Fuel Versus Friction Tip Sheet
This communication tool offers fuel-based interventions intended to increase vaccine uptake and friction-based interventions that respond to hidden barriers that hold people back from vaccination.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/16/2022    Date Last Modified: Feb 16 2022 2:56PM  
Quarantine and Isolation Changes
This webinar provides updates to the CDC’s COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines in health care and non-health care settings.
Video    Date Added: 01/20/2022    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:09PM  
Observational Audits: A Pathway to Improving Infection Prevention and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19
This handout from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality outlines a pathway for health care facilities to improve infection control and prevention practices and help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Web link    Date Added: 12/08/2021    Date Last Modified: Sep 11 2023 4:25PM  
Vaccine Hesitancy: Concerns with Fertility and Pregnancy
View this video featuring nationally recognized women's health physician Gloria Richard-Davis, MD, MBA, NCMP, FACOG, with the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS), who addresses common fertility concerns with COVID-19 vaccines and why it is important to receive the vaccine.
Video    Date Added: 07/28/2021    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:12PM  
An Interview with a CNA on Vaccine Hesitancy
In this video, a nursing home CNA shares her perspectives on the COVID-19 vaccinations.
Video    Date Added: 03/12/2021    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:11PM  
Video: Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Watch this video presentation, hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration, to learn how to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. This recording features Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite, PhD, MSPH, MPH, regional health administrator for the U.S. Department and Health Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in Region VII; Marwan Haddad MD, MPH, AAHIVS; and Kasey Harding MPH. You must use the following passcode to access the video: n1c=*y70.
Video    Date Added: 03/02/2021    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:13PM  
Vaccine Hesitancy Among Minority Groups
View this video featuring Monika Maxwell, RN, who shares her perspective, as a Hispanic woman in health care, on why minority communities may be hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Video    Date Added: 02/25/2021    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:12PM  
Lessons from the Field: COVID-19 On-site Visits
Listen to this Sept. 17, 2020, recording presented by TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization webinar. Dr. Buffy Lloyd-Krejci with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières shares findings from visits to nursing homes in Houston/Harris County. Click here to view the slide presentation for this webinar. https://tmfnetworks.org/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/091720%20Office%20Hrs%20PPT_COVID-19_Final_508.pdf
Video    Date Added: 10/21/2020    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:06PM  
Free Education Modules: Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic
John Hopkins University offers a new, free e-learning course to help people understand the COVID-19 pandemic. The course is set up as a series of short modules to explore the pandemic and specifics about the virus, including discussion of the virus that causes COVID-19 and the pandemic’s broader implications for society.
Web link    Date Added: 09/24/2020    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2022 12:05PM  
Resident Immunizations Plan of Action — Spanish for Puerto Rico
Use this simple planning form in Spanish for Puerto Rico when talking with nursing facility residents about immunizations (flu, pneumonia, COVID-19, RSV, shingles).
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 12/05/2023    Date Last Modified: Dec 5 2023 9:48AM  
How Vaccines Are Working — Spanish for Puerto Rico
Display this immunizations infographic in Spanish for Puerto Rico to show how vaccines control, eliminate and eradicate disease.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 11/30/2023    Date Last Modified: Jan 15 2024 12:56PM  
Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Plan of Action — Spanish for Puerto Rico
Use this care plan form in Spanish for Puerto Rico when talking with nursing facility residents about their COVID-19 vaccination status.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/25/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 25 2023 8:17AM  
Don't Get Sidelined This Fall — Spanish for Puerto Rico
How long are you contagious with flu, COVID-19, pneumonia or RSV? Nursing homes can use this football-themed flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico to promote reasons for fall immunizations.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/15/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 15 2023 9:04AM  
Long COVID Infographic — Spanish for Puerto Rico
What are the risks and symptoms of Long COVID-19? Refer to this infographic in Spanish for Puerto Rico for details.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/07/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 7 2023 4:43PM  
Back-to-School COVID-19 Vaccination Flyer (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Protect your grandkids and families this season by getting the updated COVID-19 vaccination.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/21/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 21 2023 4:20PM  
Resident Immunizations Plan of Action — U.S. Spanish
Use this simple planning form in U.S. Spanish when talking with nursing facility residents about immunizations (flu, pneumonia, COVID-19, RSV, shingles).
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 12/05/2023    Date Last Modified: Dec 5 2023 9:46AM  
How Vaccines Are Working — U.S. Spanish
Display this U.S. Spanish immunizations infographic in facilities to show how vaccines control, eliminate and eradicate disease.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 11/30/2023    Date Last Modified: Nov 30 2023 4:18PM  
Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Plan of Action — U.S. Spanish
Use this care plan form in U.S. Spanish when talking with nursing facility residents about their COVID-19 vaccination status.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/25/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 25 2023 8:18AM  
Don't Get Sidelined This Fall — U.S. Spanish
How long are you contagious with flu, COVID-19, pneumonia or RSV? Nursing homes can use this football-themed flyer in U.S. Spanish to promote reasons for fall immunizations.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/15/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 15 2023 9:03AM  
Long COVID Poster — U.S. Spanish
Display this poster in U.S. Spanish about preventing Long COVID and getting up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations in your facility.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/07/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 7 2023 4:39PM  
Long COVID Infographic — U.S. Spanish
What are the risks and symptoms of Long COVID-19? Refer to this infographic in U.S. Spanish for details.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/07/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 7 2023 4:42PM  
Back-to-School COVID-19 Vaccination Flyer (U.S. Spanish)
Protect your grandkids and families this season by getting the updated COVID-19 vaccination.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/21/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 21 2023 4:22PM  
Resident and Family Engagement Tip Sheet (U.S. Spanish)
Here are some ideas that nursing facilities have shared recently for engaging residents and their families as they transition into facilities for both short stays and long-term care. (US Spanish)
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 10/10/2022    Date Last Modified: Oct 12 2022 8:44AM  
¿Coronavirus, Gripe, Resfriado o Alergia?
Tal vez se pregunte si sus síntomas son los de una alergia o los de una infección como el COVID-19.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/06/2022    Date Last Modified: Sep 2 2022 1:33PM  
Infografía sobre el COVID-19: ¿Quién se enferma y fallece?
Esta infografía muestra los datos actuales sobre el COVID-19 de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC).
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/18/2022    Date Last Modified: Jul 18 2022 12:09PM