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Chapter 51 - Institutional Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
from Section IV - Principles of Care for the Elderly
- By Rebecca Elon, Fatima Sheikh
Edited by Jan Busby-Whitehead, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Samuel C. Durso, The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Christine Arenson, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Rebecca Elon, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Mary H. Palmer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, William Reichel
Book:

Reichel's Care of the Elderly

Published online:

30 June 2022

Print publication:

21 July 2022, pp 631-640
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Summary

This chapter takes an historical perspective in describing and analyzing the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing facilities in the United States. Optimal institutional infection control practices in nursing facilities in the pre-COVID-19 era are described, as are many of the challenges faced by nursing facilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of the nursing facility medical director is described within the historical context. The structure and content of medical care within the post-acute and long-term care institutional setting are presented. Resources are presented to assist clinicians practicing in nursing facilities.