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Establishment of a COVID ‐19 Recovery Unit in a Veterans Affairs Post‐Acute Facility
Author(s) -
Sohn Linda,
Lysaght Marcia,
Schwartzman William A.,
Simon Steven R.,
Goetz Matthew B.,
Yoshikawa Thomas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/jgs.16690
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , veterans affairs , betacoronavirus , virology , emergency medicine , medical emergency , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is now an epidemic of global proportion, with major adverse impacts on older adults, persons with chronic diseases, and especially residents of long‐term care facilities. This health catastrophe has challenged healthcare facilitiesʼ capacity to deliver care to not only COVID‐19 patients but all patients who need hospital care. We report on a novel approach of utilizing long‐term care beds at a Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facility for managing recovering COVID‐19 patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:2163–2166, 2020.