The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged United States skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs). Novel strategies that maximize the safety and quality of life for SNF residents with ADRD and staff who care for them are urgently needed. Thus, the study's objectives are: 1. To rapidly plan and pilot test an intervention that leverages COVID-19 antibody and PCR status to pair SNF staff with residents in the safest way possible 2. To reduce reduced COVID-19 incidence rate compared to SNFs not using this novel staff-resident assignment strategy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
87
The cohorting strategy will result in "pairing" serology-positive staff with serology-negative residents and serology-negative staff and serology-positive residents to the degree that penetration of serologic presumed immunity allows this pairing to be positive. Any resident who refuses serology testing will be treated as if they are serology negative as the safest strategy for risk of unwanted exposure.
ArchCare at Mary Manning Walsh Home (MMW)
New York, New York, United States
ArchCare at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center (TCC)
New York, New York, United States
Number of New COVID-19 Detected Infections Among Residents
Time frame: Up to Month 5
Number of New COVID-19 Detected Infections Among Staff
Time frame: Up to Month 5
Number of Hospitalizations Over Time
Time frame: Up to Month 5
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