Seats still available for sessions on bipolar disorder, distress, and person-centered care.

The guidebook, created in 2020 and revised in 2023, is a compilation of considerations for LTC communities based on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and infectious disease outbreaks and includes links to resources that can inform planning and response efforts.

With some of the most vulnerable populations at risk during the upcoming respiratory illness season, it is imperative that facilities make proactive efforts to prevent severe illness and outbreaks.

Topics include the latest Alzheimer’s research, palliative care, TBI, and frontotemporal dementia; CMEs and Social Work CEUs are being provided at no cost.

Although these precautions are not currently required for nursing homes, Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBPs) are recommended by the CDC to reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), and LeadingAge National has indicated that surveyors may begin considering EBPs.