Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials | NLM

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Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials

05/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 5/18/2020. This 10-page document provides recommendations to help determine the level of mitigation needed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in nursing homes. The recommendations cover these topics: Criteria for relaxing certain restrictions and mitigating the risk of resurgence: Factors to inform decisions for relaxing nursing home restrictions through a phased approach; Visitation and service considerations: Considerations allowing visitation and services in each phase; and Restoration of survey activities: Recommendations for restarting certain surveys in each phase. (PDF)