Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network ECHO

Program goal

• Preventing COVID-19 from entering nursing homes via staff, visitors, and residents.
• Should the virus enter the nursing home, preventing greater spread amongst patients, staff, and visitors.
• Providing best-practice care and treatment for residents who test positive for COVID-19.
• Protecting staff from infection and ensuring best-practice safety measures to help staff build confidence in their work, feel safe from infection, and support staff retention. 
• Ensuring that residents who are dying from COVID-19 can safely receive visitors. 

About the Nursing Home ECHO

The Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network (CAN) ECHO provides education to healthcare professionals and staff on the best ways to prevent, reduce the spread, and provide treatment to residents if they contract the COVID-19 virus. Education will be provided in ways to ensure the safety of the staff to support staff retention. If a resident is dying from COVID-19, knowledge and application of best practice care procedures ensures residents can safely receive visitors at that time.

Who should attend?

• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Registered Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Certified Nursing Assistants
• Practice Managers
• Clinicians with leadership/management roles
• Administrators

Meet our team

• Greg Mayer, MD
• Kendie Tilden, ADON
• Misty Beaver, RN, C-NE
• Alison Reuter, PsyD
• Mark Heisler, PharmD
• Lindsey Cunningham, QI Specialist