Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now an epidemic of global proportion, with major adverse impacts on older adults, persons with chronic diseases, and especially residents of long-term care facilities. This health catastrophe has challenged healthcare facilities' capacity to deliver care to not only COVID-19 patients but all patients who need hospital care. We report on a novel approach of utilizing long-term care beds at a Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facility for managing recovering COVID-19 patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:2163-2166, 2020.
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16690
Institution: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Language: English
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Administration for Community Living, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Award: G1636177350
OpenAlex ID: W3035929676