With the pandemic taking a heavy toll amongst older People, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and most states have positioned a excessive precedence on vaccinating residents and workers of long-term care services. Individuals in nursing houses and different long-term care settings account for 8 % of instances however 40 % of deaths from COVID-19, a share that has remained largely constant all through the pandemic, in response to KFF’s up to date evaluation.
KFF will maintain an interactive net occasion at Midday Jap time on Thursday, January 14 that can present the most recent information on COVID-19 instances and deaths in long-term care services and study how the hassle to vaccinate residents and workers in long-term care settings goes, challenges skilled to date, and alternatives for enchancment.
The occasion can be co-moderated by Tricia Neuman, a Senior Vice President of KFF and Government Director of the Program on Medicare Coverage, and Rachel Garfield, a Vice President at KFF and Co-Director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Priya Chidambaram, a Senior Coverage Analyst at KFF, will present the most recent information on instances and deaths in long-term care services. A panel dialogue on COVID-19 vaccination efforts will observe that includes a spread of views, together with these of sufferers, nursing dwelling officers, and pharmacy suppliers who’re performing the vaccinations.
Panelists will embrace:
- Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of the American Well being Care Affiliation, which represents over 14,000 expert nursing services and assisted dwelling facilities
- Nicole Howell, Government Director for the California-based Ombudsman Providers of Contra Costa and Solano Counties, which advocates for long-term care residents.
- Rina Shah, Group Vice President, Pharmacy Operations & Providers, Walgreens
The occasion is a part of KFF’s dedication to gauge the impression of the novel coronavirus, together with our COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, which is able to monitor the general public’s evolving views about and experiences with COVID-19 vaccines.
The online briefing is open to the general public, and can embrace a question-and-answer session. If in case you have any questions in regards to the occasion, please contact webbriefings@kff.org.
Occasion Date
Jan 14, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.