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UPMC Doctors Give Advice On How To Stay Healthy As Coronavirus Spreads

March 10, 2020
AMDA in the News
90.5 WESA
Due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus, UPMC is asking people not to visit the health network’s long-term care or skilled-nursing facilities if they are ill or have cold symptoms, even if these symptoms are relatively minor. “This will help avoid...

TECHNOLOGY Coronavirus Scare Likely to Boost Telehealth Adoption Among Home-Based Care Providers

March 10, 2020
AMDA in the News
Home Healthcare News
On Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that will provide $8.3 billion in emergency funds to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus. Apart from funding, the bill made major changes to telehealth statutes, possibly...

Officials: Precautions in place for vulnerable populations in region

March 10, 2020
AMDA in the News
New Castle News
One way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is by restricting access of potentially sick people to vulnerable populations. That means people showing symptoms of the flu or the common cold should refrain from making trips to nursing homes or visiting...

Coronavirus exposes gaps in infection controls for senior-care homes

March 9, 2020
AMDA in the News
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By national standards, the nursing home at the center of the U.S. outbreak of a new coronavirus ranked far better than most. Life Care Center of Kirkland earned five stars from a federal regulator, which means it is “much above average” in measures...

COVID-19: Children and Elderly are Special Populations for which UPMC is Prepared

March 9, 2020
AMDA in the News
INSIDE Life Changing Medicine
Children and people living in long-term care or skilled nursing facilities are groups with unique needs during the COVID-19 epidemic. UPMC experts today briefed media on how the health system is prepared to provide the best possible care to these...

Avoiding Panic, Educating Staff Keys to Surviving Coronavirus Scare

March 6, 2020
AMDA in the News
Home Health Care News
The U.S. Senate approved $8.3 billion in emergency funding on Thursday in response to COVID-19, more commonly known as the coronavirus. At least 11 deaths have now been tied to the virus in the United States, with California officially declaring a...

Senior facilities taking extra precautions against Coronavirus

March 5, 2020
AMDA in the News
Scripps National News
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US nursing home COVID-19 outbreak highlights close-quarter spread

March 4, 2020
AMDA in the News
Aljazeera
Seattle, Washington - At the centre of the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States is a nursing home in Washington state where several people have died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Four ambulances rushed to the Life Care Center...

New COVID-19 guidance stresses diligence, common sense

March 3, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
With the skilled nursing world on high alert following news of a novel Coronavirus 2019 outbreak in an eldercare facility, industry medical groups have released updated guidance for preparation and containment. In a new release, The Society for Post...

Coronavirus has reached long-term care. Prepare, don’t panic

March 2, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
The first reported possible outbreak of COVID-19 (a coronavirus) in a long-term care facility, and the first reported case of COVID-19 in a healthcare worker — a caregiver in that facility, were announced by the Centers for Disease Control and...