Preventing the Spread of COVID‐19 to Nursing Homes: Experience from a Singapore Geriatric Centre
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Fecha de publicación: 26 March 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16447
Autores: Li Feng Tan, Santhosh Seetharaman
Background: COVID‐19 is a global pandemic with extensive community spread in many countries. Older adults and those with chronic medical comorbidities are seen as particularly vulnerable. The effects when COVID‐19 reaches nursing homes have been devastating, accounting for a disproportionate number of deaths, particularly in the United States.