A Hospital Partnership with a Nursing Home Experiencing a COVID ‐19 Outbreak: Description of a Multi‐Phase Emergency Response in Toronto, Canada

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Abstract Nursing homes have become “ground zero” for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) epidemic in North America, with homes experiencing widespread outbreaks resulting in severe morbidity and mortality among its residents. This manuscript describes a 371‐bed acute care hospital's emergency response to a 126‐bed nursing home experiencing a COVID‐19 outbreak in Toronto, Canada. Like other health care system responses to COVID‐19 outbreaks in nursing homes, this hospital‐nursing home partnership can be characterized in several phases: 1) engagement, relationship and trust‐building; 2) environmental scan, team‐building and immediate response; 3) early phase response; and 4) stabilization and transition period. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Abbreviated Title: J Am Geriatr Soc

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Print): 0002-8614

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-5415

Publication date (Electronic): May 22 2020

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[1 ]Division of General Internal Medicine and GeriatricsSinai Health System and the University Health Network Toronto Canada

[2 ]Women's College Research InstituteWomen's College Hospital Toronto Canada

[3 ]Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of MedicineUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[4 ]Institute of Health Policy, Management and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[5 ]Director of Patient Flow, Sinai Health SystemUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[6 ]Department of Pharmacy ServicesMount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System Toronto Canada

[7 ]Leslie Dan Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[8 ]Department of PsychiatryMount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System Toronto Canada

[9 ]Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[10 ]Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of MedicineUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[11 ]Infection Prevention and ControlSinai Health System Toronto Canada

[12 ]Public Health Ontario Toronto Canada

[13 ]Dalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

[14 ]Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathobiologyUniversity of Toronto Canada

[15 ]The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative CareSinai Health System Toronto Canada

[16 ]Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family & CommunityUniversity of Toronto Toronto Canada

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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16625

SO-VID: 6879aa74-a795-44f3-b415-6f8ffa13bf64

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