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Western Pennsylvania Health Care Partners Announce Scholarship Program for Long-Term Care Infection Prevention Specialists

Western Pennsylvania Health Care Partners Announce Scholarship Program for Long-Term Care Infection Prevention Specialists April 26, 2021 Share this on: Infection prevention in long-term care facilities has never been more vital than during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this unprecedented year, facilities across the world have been on the front lines battling the deadly virus. To support their efforts to care for one of the most vulnerable populations, the Regional Congregate Care Assistance Teams (RCATs) have launched a scholarship program to help nurses, nurse practitioners, medication technicians and other clinicians in Western Pennsylvania long term care facilities to become certified infection preventionists. “Infection prevention specialists are so important to the care of residents in long-term care facilities,” said April L. Kane, a social worker with UPMC Community Provider Services. “As part of this state collaborative, UPMC is thrilled to provide aid to further the

Safety for those in long-term care facilities still a top priority | News, Sports, Jobs

mmcilwain@sungazette.com HARRISBURG The state Department of Health has made many efforts in mitigating the spread of the virus and to protect staff and residents of long-term care facilities during the ongoing pandemic, including direct assistance during outbreaks, education and resources for vaccinations as well as personal protective equipment. “We knew early on that this group (seniors) was going to be particularly vulnerable so we took immediate steps to protect them,” said DOH Executive Deputy Secretary, Keara Klinepeter. “The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many Pennsylvanians, but the most significantly affected have been our vulnerable seniors and other individuals in long-term care facilities.”

Pennsylvania extends nursing home coronavirus response program

Pennsylvania extends nursing home coronavirus response program Published  article HARRISBURG - Wolf administration officials said Thursday that Pennsylvania will extend a key feature of its response to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, albeit on a scaled-down model after federal funding ran out in December. The Regional Congregate Care Assistance Teams now will run through May, costing $6 million a month to support services such as testing, staffing and rapid response services for outbreaks, administration officials said. Some of that money is state aid that the Wolf administration expects to get reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The program succeeding last year’s Regional Response Health Collaborative had been scheduled to lapse at the end of February after the Wolf administration ran it for two months on a smaller scale.

Pennsylvania extends nursing-home coronavirus response program

Updated: 9:18 AM EST Mar 5, 2021 Wolf administration officials said Thursday that Pennsylvania will extend a key feature of its response to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, albeit on a scaled-down model after federal funding ran out in December.The Regional Congregate Care Assistance Teams now will run through May, costing $6 million a month to support services such as testing, staffing and rapid response services for outbreaks, administration officials said. Some of that money is state aid that the Wolf administration expects to get reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.The program - succeeding last year s Regional Response Health Collaborative - had been scheduled to lapse at the end of February after the Wolf administration ran it for two months on a smaller scale.Federal funding ran out at the end of 2020 for the program, which had distributed $175 million in federal coronavirus aid to 11 regional health systems or health organizations to help co

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