Establishment of a COVID‐19 Recovery Unit in a Veterans Affairs Post‐Acute Facility

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 68; no. 10; pp. 2163 - 2166
• Main Authors: Sohn, Linda, Lysaght, Marcia, Schwartzman, William A., Simon, Steven R., Goetz, Matthew B., Yoshikawa, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Chronic illnesses; coronavirus; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - nursing; COVID-19 - rehabilitation; COVID‐19‐Related Content; Hospitals, Rehabilitation - organization & administration; Hospitals, Veterans - organization & administration; Humans; long‐term care facility; Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration; Pandemics; recovery; Recovery (Medical); SARS-CoV-2; Special; United States; United States Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans; United States; COVID-19; coronavirus; long-term care facility; recovery
• ISSN: 0002-8614; 1532-5415
• DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16690

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.