The guidance provides practices that should be considered when COVID and influenza are co-circulating. It may also be applied in assisted living settings.

The regulations requiring nursing homes to maintain a 60-day supply of PPE had been implemented on an emergency basis, and the deadline for permanent adoption expired before the adoption process was completed. Facilities have been advised to continue to follow the expired regulations.

LeadingAge National reports that Walgreens is offering to provide vaccination clinics in long term care facilities, in an effort to increase vaccine uptake among nursing home staff.

The federal ASPR has updated its handbook for long-term care communities on infectious disease outbreaks, and the NY Medical Directors Association is offering free coaching to nursing home leaders on prevention, control, and treatment of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.