Transitions of Care at the Closure of a Skilled Nursing Facility

Geriatric healthcare occurs at a variety of levels of care, some of which include skilled nursing facilities (SNF), assisted living facilities (ALF), personal care homes (PCH), and home and community based services (HBC). The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many problems in long term care facilities. We sought to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on levels of long term geriatric care by examining the disposition of patients at the time of closure of a SNF in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the end of 2020.