Fighting Back: Long-Term Care Facilities and the Coronavirus

If you have a loved one currently living in senior housing, then you know the struggles residents and health care workers are having in the cross hairs of the pandemic.

Whether it’s a skilled nursing facility, assisted living, or retirement housing, precautions are being taken to protect health and safety, but the virus has created fear among families and caregivers.

In this Life Happens Radio podcast, get the most current information about measures being taken at continuing care facilities across New York. Hosts Lou Pierro and Aaron Connor are joined by special guest Dan Heim, Executive Vice President at LeadingAge New York, an organization representing 400 facilities across New York, who addresses these key questions:

• What current measures are being taken to prevent further spread of Coronavirus?

• What are the current challenges to keeping residents and staff protected?

• How are facility operators keeping residents and families engaged?

• How will facilities prevent a resurgence of the Coronavirus as the economy reopens?