As you may have heard, the telehealth waivers have been extended with the Public Health Emergency (PHE), and so I wanted to take a minute to clarify important points to help your team make decisions about resident care. And for situations when up close and personal is not required, to make sure you have the information you need to not miss an important option related to the waiver: telehealth for therapy providers.

How to manage therapy during an active COVID outbreak, along with answers to the common question, “If we don’t feel comfortable with ‘business as usual’ nor do we want to completely shut down, how do we manage to treat our residents and keep them safe?“

This heartfelt update from our RVP, Elizabeth Johnson, explores ways to mitigate clinician burnout in long-term care settings.

The CDC has indicated that “social distancing” along with proper PPE is the best way to combat the spread of the virus. Of course, social distance when providing hands-on care to a resident is impossible, as we are often up close and personal with our residents as we provide care. However for situations when up close and personal is not required, a new option is now available: telehealth for therapy providers. (Read on for some limitations.)

Whether your patient is actually in isolation, or just confined to their room during the COVID-19 pandemic or any cold/flu epidemic, therapists are often limited to treating patients bedside in their room. Learn more about the two best tools you have and how to use them to creatively engage and treat isolated patients.