Three major County institutions — the Department of Public Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center — have joined forces to create a specialized team of medical experts to assist caregivers at skilled nursing facilities throughout the county. Rebecca Havely has more information about the multi-department task force…
Patients in skilled nursing homes and other assisted living facilities have been among those most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. So the county has organized the Skilled Nursing Facility Plus Outreach Support Team, or SO+S, to provide expertise and training to caregivers working with the elderly and those with preexisting conditions. Some of the
Priorities of the SO+S team are to provide personal protective equipment to facilities, along with training on how best to use and maintain the equipment; evaluate operations; provide up-to-date information on COVID-19 containment best practices; and establish and share guidelines for segmenting C-19 positive patients and patients under investigation.
For more information, call 909-387-3911. If you manage a skilled nursing facility and would like to schedule a site visit, please contact Christian Barragan at (909) 677-6533 or [email protected].
