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How one community improved COVID-19 nursing home care with collaboration and communication

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia
imageAt a Midwest nursing home, a healthcare worker opens a glass panel to allow a visitor to safely talk with a resident. Getty Images / wanderluster

Nursing home residents worldwide are particularly vulnerable to the ravages of COVID-19. In the U.S. as of Aug. 2, 2020, nearly 46,000 nursing home residents had died from the virus. In addition, deaths...

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