As states begin to ease coronavirus lockdown rules, the decision to reopen individual eldercare facilities should rest entirely with the clinicians who provide direct resident care, says the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

The group urged clinicians to help ensure that eldercare facilities are “the last to open” to visitors and vendors — regardless of the status of the surrounding community. Medical directors and directors of nursing should work alongside their colleagues, regional leaders, local health departments and hospital systems to help ensure a cautious reopening made on a case-by-case basis.  More

AMDA Statement on PALTC Facilities Reopening 05MAY2020

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