Rural Healthcare Surge Readiness for Long-Term Care: Workforce

Curated critical resources for long-term care settings such as nursing homes, home health care facilities, and correctional facilities. Content to prepare, protect, and maintain resilience of the healthcare workforce ― including training, infection control and healthcare worker safety, and policy flexibilities.

Key Resources

Healthcare Facility Onboarding Checklist
Date: 08/2020
Sponsoring Organization: COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force
Workforce Virtual Toolkit
Training
Date: 09/2022
Sponsoring Organization: COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force

Additional Resources

Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes
Webinar
Date: 06/2020
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
Date: 2022
Sponsoring Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CDC Contact Tracing
Date: 11/2021
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CMS: Current Emergencies: Coronavirus Disease 2019
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Contact Tracing Training
Training
Date: 2022
Sponsoring Organization: TRAIN Learning Network
COVID-19 Behavioral Health Resources
Date: 09/2022
Sponsoring Organization: ASPR TRACIE
COVID-19 Clinical Rounds for Long-term Care Facilities
Webinar
Date: 05/2020
Sponsoring Organization: Project ECHO
COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
COVID-19 PPE Training
Training
Date: 05/2020
Sponsoring Organization: HEROES (Healthcare and Emergency Responder Organization Education through Simulation)
COVID-19 Training
Training
Date: 2022
Sponsoring Organization: TRAIN Learning Network
Just In Time (JIT) Skills Training Videos for COVID-19
Training
Date: 2022
Sponsoring Organization: National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC)
Managing Healthcare Workers' Stress Associated with COVID-19
Date: 03/2020
Sponsoring Organization: National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Nursing Home Training Series
Training
Date: 2022
Sponsoring Organization: QIO Program, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Personal Protective Equipment for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Training
Date: 2020
Sponsoring Organization: National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC)
Rural Crosswalk: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19
Date: 05/2021
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Sequence for Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Date: 2014
Sponsoring Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Strategies for Managing a Surge in Healthcare Provider Demand
Date: 11/2021
Sponsoring Organization: COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Task Force
Training: Infection Control in Long-Term Care Facilities
Training
Date: 2022
Sponsoring Organization: TRAIN Learning Network
VA COVID-19 Guidance for Community Providers
Training
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring Organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs