COVID-19 Resources

Additional Resources

ILLINOIS RESOURCES

• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Setting Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (7/10/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Setting Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (7/2/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Setting Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (6/26/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (6/17/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (6/12/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (6/5/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (5/29/20)
• IDPH-COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-Term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (5/22/20)
• IDPH -COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long-term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint Slides (5/13/20)
• IDPH COVID-19 Updates and Q&A for Long Term Care and Congregate Residential Settings Webinar Recording & Powerpoint (5/1/20)
• IDPH Updated Interim Guidance:  COVID-19 Testing and Response Strategy in Licensed Long-term Care (LTC) Facilities (5/28/20)
• Illinois Department of Public Health Files Emergency Rules Mandating COVID-19 Testing in Long-Term Care Facilities (5/28/20)
• IDPH-COVID -19 Q & A for LTC and Congregate Residential Care Settings Webinar Slides (4/10/20)
• IDPH Guidance on Communicating about COVID-19 in Congregate Settings – Long-Term Care Facilities
• Website with New COVID 19 Guidance for Long Term Care Settings, Which Includes Supportive Living Program Providers (3/20/20)
• Choices for Care Pre and Post Screens During COVID 19 Pandemic (3/20/20)
• IDPH Webinar “Environmental Cleaning, Disinfecton, and Monitoring With Specific Information on COVID19″ and PowerPoint Slides (3/18/20)
• IDPH Webinar: What LTC Facilities Need to Do to Prepare for and Respond to COVID-19 Q & A and PowerPoint (3/12/20)
• IDPH Webinar “What LTC Facilities Need to Do to Prepare for and Respond to COVID-19” and PowerPoint Slides (3/9/20)
• State of Illinois COVID-19 Response
• PPE Conservation for Healthcare
• Protective Personal Equipment Burn Rate Calculator
• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
• COVID-19 Long Term Care Facilities Guidance
• For general questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.
• If an employee has exposure to COVID-19 they should contact their local health department and/or primary health care provider for further instructions (do not contact/email “DPH.SICK”)
• IDPH State of Illinois Rapid Electronic Notification (SIREN)
• Illinois Volunteers
• Livescan Vendors

INFORMATION FROM LEADINGAGE ILLINOIS

• Guidance for Transfer of Patients from Hospital Settings to Skilled and Intermediate Long-term Care Facilities
• Advanced Care Planning
• Essential Workers Letter Template
• Infection Control COVID-19 Policy Template
• Suggestions for members now – Host a basic Mandatory In-service for all staff about infection control
• Recommended Basic In-service for All Staff

1. Presenter demonstrate proper handwashing technique
2. Have all staff provide a return demonstration on how to wash hands
3. Presenter demonstrate proper way to cover a cough/sneeze or show this video
4. Provide facts on how the virus can spread
5. Break into smaller department roundtables and reorient each department on relevant infection control policies of your organization and the regulations that prompted them.

After the in service, reinforce what they learned by posting info around your building

• Helpful print resources from CDC
• Post signs around your building for staff and visitors asking people to stay home if they are sick
• Post these quick fact sheets on preventing the spread around your building

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL RESOURCES

• CDC Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and Other Long Term Care Settings
• Healthcare Professionals Frequently Asked Questions
• Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with COVID-19
• Checklist for Health Care Facilities – Strategies for Optimizing N-95 Respirators During the COVID-19 Response
• CDC has a clearinghouse for all information related to COVID-19
• Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Worksite
• Handwashing resources
• World Health Organization: Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines
• CDC-Steps for healthcare facilities to take to prepare for COVID-19
• CDC Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations
• CDC Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long Term Care Facilities
• CDC’s YouTube Channel

TRUSTED RESOURCES

• Telehealth, Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Webcast
• COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool and Checklist (3/26/20)
• Preparing for COVID-19 Positive Residents
• Update on Mail Delivery During COVID-19 Pandemic  (3/26/20)
• CMS Announces New Visitor Restriction (3/13/20) 
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
• New CMS COVID-19 Resources for State Agencies on Medicaid HCBS
• Special Visitor Guidance for Assistive Living Communities
• CMS Issues Guidance on Respirator Use Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
• Argentum Coronavirus Toolkit