World Health Organization
Long-term Care Facilities in the Context of COVID-19
This is an introductory course offering CPH — Free
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Free

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< 3 minutes

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2.00 hours

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The COVID-19 pandemic affects older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities (LTCF) with significant impact on mortality and morbidity. Concerted action is needed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 by enhancing infection prevention and control (IPC) measures within LTCF. In many countries, long-term care facilities have weak IPC systems and training in place and staff lack the access to information on limiting transmission in the context of COVID-19. Strengthening IPC practice is crucial to prevent spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Communication Toolkit for Long-Term Care Facilities provides simple and actionable visuals for staff, residents and visitors with key IPC messages. The COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist is a tool consisting of several elements that are crucial for preparing LTCF for COVID-19. It can be used by facility administrators, IPC focal points or staff, internal or external professionals.

What You'll Learn

  • Describe infection prevention and control principles and practices relevant to long-term care facilities for patient and staff safety during COVID-19
  • Apply the COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility Checklist to their place of work
  • Identify practices to safely manage long-term care facility residents during COVID-19
  • Understand how to support themselves and each other as staff of long-term care facilities during COVID-19

Competency Terms

Emergency Preparedness and Response (all hazards)
Systems Thinking

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Community Health Worker
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Public health - multiple occupations will benefit

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Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health
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