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Maintaining Connections While Fighting Infections: Long-Term Care During COVID-19

From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care staff knew they were facing multiple challenges.  “When we closed the doors of nursing homes and visitors were no longer allowed, I went home, I packed my belongings, and I moved into the nursing home,” says Janelle Zacho, RN, DNS-CT, the Director of Nursing at Columbia …