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. 2020 Oct;68(10):2163-2166.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.16690. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

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

Linda Sohn  1 , Marcia Lysaght  1 , William A Schwartzman  1 , Steven R Simon  1 , Matthew B Goetz  1 , Thomas Yoshikawa  1
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Establishment of a COVID-19 Recovery Unit in a Veterans Affairs Post-Acute Facility

Linda Sohn et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

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 facilities' 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.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; long-term care facility; recovery.

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The authors do not have any conflicts of interest.

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Diagram of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) recovery unit. PPE, personal protective equipment.
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