Home Health Services in the Time of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Recommendations for Safe Transitions

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led health systems to focus on hospital capacity, hospitals are emphasizing early discharges to prepare for and mitigate patient surges. This has resulted in greater numbers of older adults with COVID-19 who require home health (HH) services. HH care of older adults with COVID-19 leads to several unique risk categories: (1) risks to HH providers; (2) risks to patients/families; and (3) risks to subsequent patients/families the HH provider will visit.