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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is encouraging higher vaccination rates at nursing homes. Vaccinations are required to be offered at nursing homes, yet the overall vaccination rate is below 50%. The article provides recommendations for ways nursing homes can increase vaccinations by education, communication with residents and their families, and creating action plans for individual residents. It stresses the importance of keeping treatment medications at nursing facilities.
Resource Details
- Population: People Living in Congregate Housing
- Setting/Context of Implementation: Long-term Care Facility
- Topics of Practice: Vaccination
- Outcomes of Interest: Reduction of Health Disparities
- Level of Evidence: Best
- Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
- Social Determinants of Health: Healthcare Access and Quality
- Outside of US: No