GEDC Webinar Recording: Optimizing Transitions between Nursing Homes and EDs in the Age of COVID
The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) held a webinar on April 20, “Optimizing Transitions between Nursing Homes and EDs in the age of COVID.”
The GEDC recently released an article, "COVID-19 in Older Adults: Transfers Between Nursing Homes and Hospitals." The webinar referenced that article and covered the following objectives:
- To hear specialists in both nursing home care and Emergency Department care speak about the challenges of NH/ED transfers particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To understand what level of care your local NH can provide and ensure you are sending your patient to the right level of NH care.
- To address issues around discharge or return of COVID-19 positive, or suspected positive, individuals to nursing homes.
- To consider some guidance about improving transfers and communication between the two sites.
- To highlight 2-3 promising models of care that are already succeeding in various settings.
To watch the webinar recording, click here.
To go to the presentation slides, click here.
To download the chat notes, click here.
To go to the GEDC Transfers paper pdf, click here.
To go to the GEDC website, click here.
