COVID-19 Resources

COVID-19 Resources

Self-Care/ Mental Health

Self-care – NASW
https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/Infectious-Diseases/Coronavirus/Self-Care-During-the-Coronavirus-Pandemic

Ten Percent Happier App is offering free access to health care workers
https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide

Supporting the Health Care Workforce during COVID-19 – JAMA
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763136

Addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 – Inter-Agency Standing Committee
https://www.mhinnovation.net/sites/default/files/downloads/resource/MHPSS%20COVID19%20Briefing%20Note%20FINAL_ver%201.1%20-%202%20March%202020-LORES.pdf

Managing Healthcare Workers’ Stress Associated with COVID-19 – National Center for PTSD
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/covid/COVID19ManagingStressHCW032020.pdf

National Alliance on Mental Illness – COVID-19 resources
https://www.nami.org/getattachment/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/NAMI-Updates-on-the-Coronavirus/COVID-19-Updated-Guide-1.pdf

 Research that can help you deal with COVID-19 – American Psychological Association
https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/03/covid-19-research-findings

Families First Coronavirus Act

 Families First Coronavirus Response Act
https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/democrats.appropriations.house.gov/files/Families%20First%20summary.pdf

Summary of Key Provisions of The Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/the-families-first-coronavirus-response-act-summary-of-key-provisions/

State Info/Medicaid

 State Data and Policy Actions to Address Coronavirus – Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/state-data-and-policy-actions-to-address-coronavirus/

Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker – Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-emergency-authority-tracker-approved-state-actions-to-address-covid-19/

FAQ’s for State Medicaid and CHIP – CMS
https://www.medicaid.gov/state-resource-center/downloads/covid-19-faqs.pdf

Health Care Workers

 Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html

Disposition of patients with COVID-19 in healthcare settings – CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-hospitalized-patients.html

Guidance for Health Workers – WHO
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/health-workers

Protecting Health Care Workers – American Hospital Association
https://www.aha.org/issue-landing-page/2020-03-15-coronavirus-covid-19-protecting-health-care-workers

Emergency Resources for COVID-19 – Society for Critical Care Medicine
https://www.sccm.org/Disaster

Ethical Considerations – NASW

 https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Ethics-Education-and-Resources/Ethics-8/Coronavirus-8-Ethical-Considerations-for-Social-Workers

Insurance Coverage

Individual and Small Group Coverage – CMS
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/03052020-individual-small-market-covid-19-fact-sheet.pdf

Medicare Coverage – CMS
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/03052020-medicare-covid-19-fact-sheet.pdf

Telemedicine/Telehealth

Medicaid Telemedicine – CMS
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/telemedicine/index.html

Telehealth – NASW
https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/Infectious-Diseases/Coronavirus/Telehealth

Community Health Centers

Resources for Community Health Centers – National Association of Community Health Centers
http://www.nachc.org/coronavirus/

Behavioral Health

SAMHSA’s tips for Social Distancing and Isolation – SAMHSA
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/tips-social-distancing-quarantine-isolation-031620.pdf

Resources and Tools for Addressing COVID-19 – National Council for Behavioral Health
https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/covid19/

Retirement Communities and Independent Living

Guidance for Retirement Communities and Independent Living – CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/retirement/index.html

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources for COVID-19 – Public Health Insider
https://publichealthinsider.com/2020/03/21/resources-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-community/

Faith-Based Communities

Checklist for Community and Faith-Based Leaders – CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/checklist.html

Preventative Practices and FAQ’s for Faith-Based Communities – CMS
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/3-17-20-faith-and-community-based-covid-19-faq.pdf

Hospice and Palliative Care

National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care Resources
https://www.nationalcoalitionhpc.org/covid19/

COVID-19 Toolkit – Center to Advance Palliative Care
https://www.capc.org/toolkits/covid-19-response-resources/

Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network Resources
https://www.swhpn.org/covid-19

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Resources
http://aahpm.org/education/covid-19-resources

Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance Resources
http://thewhpca.org/covid-19

Home Care

Implementation of Home Care  – CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-home-care.html

Guidance for Home Health & Hospice – National Association for Home Care & Hospice
https://www.nahc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-Guidance-Document.pdf

Home Care and Hospice Checklist – Nat’l Assoc for Home Care and Hospice
https://www.nahc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-Home-Care-Hospice-Checklist.pdf

Working with the Elderly/Facility Guidance

 All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Organizations – CMS
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-19-pace-memo-3-17-20.pdf

Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in nursing homes – CMS
https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and/guidance-infection-control-and-prevention-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-nursing-homes

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-14-nh-revised.pdf

COVID-19 in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
https://paltc.org/sites/default/files/COVID-19-guidance.pdf

Working with people with Disabilities

 What is COVID-19? – Green Mountain Self-Advocates
https://selfadvocacyinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Plain-Language-Information-on-Coronavirus.pdf

Working with Children

Talking to Children about COVID-19 – National Association of School Psychologists
https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/health-crisis-resources/talking-to-children-about-covid-19-(coronavirus)-a-parent-resource

Supporting Kids during COVID-19 – Child Mind Institute
https://childmind.org/article/supporting-kids-during-the-covid-19-crisis/

Rural Health

Rural Emergency Preparedness Response – Rural Health Information Hub
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/emergency-preparedness-and-response#resources

Other Resources/For Your Information

Optimizing PPE – CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/index.html

Affordable Internet for Eligible Households – Comcast
https://www.internetessentials.com/covid19#undefined&all_AmIeligibleforIE

Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005689?query=RP

Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources during COVID-19 – NJEM
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2005114?query=RP

Real-time map of Global COVID-19 cases – Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

COVID-19 Resource Center  – Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu

COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content – Free to Access – Taylor & Francis Group
https://taylorandfrancis.com/coronavirus/#

Coronavirus, COVID-19, and Considerations for People Living with HIV and LGBTQIA+ People
https://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/C19MC-9_COVID-19and-LGBTQIA-and-People-Living-with-HIV-Brief_final2_links.pdf

Implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19) for America’s Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations