NASW-Michigan Aging/Gerontology Work Group

Friday, May 1, 2020. 1-3pm 

A special conversation with NASW-Michigan's Aging/Gerontology Workgroup. Presenter: Mary Eldredge, LMSW, Chair of the NASW-Michigan Ethics Committee.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcuGtpz4qHdI2KpWelL_OFyy-QxCEAiZx 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please send any agenda add ons or questions to Chair, Julie Weckel, at jweckel@geriatricconnections.com. 

Resources

People with Disabilities & Older Adults

• Administration for Community Living COVID-19 microsite for people with disabilities, older adults, & Aging Network services providers - ACL
  
• COVID-19: What Older Adults Need to Know - CDC video
• If You Are at Higher Risk - CDC
• Guidance on Retirement Communities and Independent Living - CDC
  
• Guidance on COVID-19 to Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) - CMS
• Medicare coverage of COVID-19 testing - CMS
• Message to Medicare Beneficiaries from the CMS Administrator - CMS

Long-Term Care Facilities: Federal Guidance & Other Resources

• Preparing for COVID-19—Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes - CDC
• COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Guidance - CMS
• Long-Term Care Facilities: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 - CMS
• Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Toolkit - CMS
  
• Suspension of Survey Activities - CMS
• Survey prioritization fact sheet - CMS
• “Attention Visitors” sign for facilities - AMDA
• Protecting Vulnerable Residents from Coronavirus - Long Term Care Community Coalition
• Supporting Coronavirus Prevention in LTC Facilities - National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
• Coronavirus: What Older Adults Need to Know 
• National Nursing Home Social Work Network: listserv, Webinars, weekly support–sharing group meetings on Zoom, & other resources for COVID-19 - NNHSWN (University of Iowa School of Social Work) 
• COVID-19 in PALTC Settings - AMDA—Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

• AARP. How to Fight the Social Isolation of Coronavirus. www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2 020/coronavirus-social-isolation-loneliness.html
• American Health Care Association. How You Can Help Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Long Term Care Facilities. www.ahcancal.org/facility_operations/disaster_pl anning/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Resources for Clinics and Healthcare Facilities. www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcarefacilities/index.html