ARCHIVED Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs) Archived - HAN
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Overview
Long-term care facilities (LTCFs), including nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities, provide care to some of the most vulnerable populations, including elderly people and those with chronic medical conditions.
Resources below aim to provide interim guidance for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in LTCFs.
Given the high risk of spread once COVID-19 enters a LTCF, facilities must act immediately to protect residents, families, and staff from serious illness, complications, and death.
Given the high risk of spread once COVID-19 enters a LTCF, facilities must act immediately to protect residents, families, and staff from serious illness, complications, and death.
COVID-19 Data
- City of Chicago COVID Dashboard
- Interactive dashboard showing current and historical case counts, deaths, testing volume, and positivity rates. Data can also be stratified by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and zip code.
- Illinois Regional COVID-19 Resurgence Criteria - Region 11
- Website showing test positivity, hospital admissions, and hospital utilization data for Region 11 (Chicago). These metrics are used to determine if/when to implement, advance, or remove tiered mitigation measures.
- IDPH Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Outbreaks
- Database of Illinois LTCFs with COVID-19 cases, including outbreak reported cases, deaths, and outbreak status.
- CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data - Test Positivity Rates
- Website with county-specific test positivity rates as calculated by CMS. These data are used to determine when to increase/decrease frequency of staff testing at LTCFs.
- Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard
- Interactive website showing COVID-19 cases and deaths by county (US) and country (worldwide).
Guidance Documents for Long Term Care
IDPH LTC Guidance:
- Updated Interim Guidance for Nursing Homes and Other Long Term Care Facilities (revised version released 03/22/2022)
- IDPH guidance covering restrictions for nursing homes and other long-term care (LTC) facilities that were instituted to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Also covers infection prevention and control, visitation, communal dining, group activities, beauty/barber services, offsite outings, testing, screening, PPE, etc.
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Nursing Homes
- This guidance is being updated to enhance protection for healthcare personnel, residents, and visitors and to address concerns about potential impacts on the healthcare system given a surge in SARS-CoV-2 infections.
- Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (released 1/21/22)
- This interim guidance is intended to assist with determining the duration of restriction from the workplace for HCP with SARS-CoV-2 infection and assessment of risk and application of workplace restrictions for asymptomatic HCP with exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
- Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages (released 1/21/22)
- This guidance is for healthcare facilities that are expecting or experiencing staffing shortages due to COVID-19
- Types of Masks and Respirators (revised 1/14/22)
- Guidance for description of different types of masks and respirators that can be used to protect individuals from getting and spreading COVID-19
LTCF Reporting
How to Report COVID-19 Cases to CDPH:
**NEW** Updated CDPH SNF Case Report Form
1. Report lab-confirmed resident and staff cases within 24 hours.
2. Facilities with no new cases must report at least once a week, by Thursday 12 pm (Noon).
3. Effective immediately facilities should not longer submit weekly facility summary reports, enter cases in the Case & Cluster form, or enter cases into the Breakthrough Case Report Form.
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