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Hawaii’s testing policies are described below:

• University of Hawaii Department of Geriatrics, Healthcare Association of Hawaii
  • The Long term care (LTC) COVID-19 Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) series has included topics such as COVID-19 testing, planning for dementia residents, symptom management, and readiness in care homes and congregate settings. (Relevant links: https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/geriatrics and https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/ltss)

Notable Groups: University of Hawaii Department of Geriatrics, Healthcare Association of Hawaii

The status of Hawaii’s workforce and staffing are explained beneath:

• University of Hawaii Department of Geriatrics, Healthcare Association of Hawaii
  • Long term care (LTC) COVID-19 Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) series included topics such as COVID-19 testing, planning for dementia residents, symptom management, and readiness in care homes and congregate settings. (Relevant links: https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/geriatrics and https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/ltss)

Notable Groups: University of Hawaii Department of Geriatrics, Healthcare Association of Hawaii

Hawaii’s cohorting practices are as follows:

• University of Hawaii Department of Geriatrics, Healthcare Association of Hawaii
  • Long term care (LTC) COVID-19 Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) series continues and has since included topics, such as COVID-19 testing, planning for dementia residents, symptom management, readiness in care homes, and congregate settings. (Relevant links: https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/geriatrics and https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/ltss)

Notable Groups: University of Hawaii Department of Geriatrics, Healthcare Association of Hawaii

The status of Hawaii’s nursing home (NH) communications during the Covid-19 pandemic:

• Office of the Governor David Ige
  • Provides a COVID-19 Project ECHO education and training series. Sessions occur weekly and all long term care and assisted living facilities are invited • Series topics include: donning/doffing personal protective equipment (PPE), repurposing PPE, COVID-19 testing procedures, resident isolation and staff quarantine, and telemedicine in long term care. (Relevant links: https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/geriatrics and https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/ltss)

Notable Groups: Office of the Governor David Ige

Hawaii’s ongoing actions to improve access to personal protective equipment (PPE):

• University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Rural Health Association
  • Provided a COVID-19 Project ECHO education and training series, with weekly sessions for all long term care and assisted living facilities. The series topics included: donning/doffing personal protective equipment (PPE), repurposing PPE, COVID-19 testing procedures, resident isolation and staff quarantine, and telemedicine in long term care. (Relevant link: https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/ltss)

Notable Groups: University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Rural Health Association

Hawaii’s current resources during the Covid-19 pandemic:

• Center to Advance Palliative Care
  • Created COVID-19 toolkit to assist with palliative care, hospice, and end of life decisions. (Relevant link: https://www.capc.org/toolkits/covid-19-response-resources)
• Hawaii Long Term Care (LTC) Workgroup, Hawaii Department of Health
  • The following resources from the Hawaii LTC Workgroup, which are accessible through the Mountain-Pacific Quality Health website, offer education and awareness around providing care during the COVID-19 outbreak, in accordance with the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines:
    • 5 Steps to Prepare You for Caring for a Person in a Foster or Care Home – PDF
    • 5 Steps When Caring for a Person with COVID-19 in the Home – PDF
    • 5 Steps to Practice Prevention of COVID-19 Every Day – PDF
    • Guidance for Other Care Givers and Case Managers – PDF
    • Guidance on What to Do if You Are A Caregiver Diagnosed with COVID-19 – PDF (Relevant link: https://www.mpqhf.org/QIO/quality-improvement-tools-resources/nursing-homequality-improvement-tools-resources)
• Kokua Mau Continuous Care
  • Deployed a COVID-19-specific resource page. (Relevant link: https://kokuamau.org/covid-19-resources)

Notable Groups: Center to Advance Palliative Care, Hawaii Long Term Care (LTC) Workgroup, Hawaii Department of Health

Hawaii’s ongoing actions to better check visitors for potential Covid-19 and other methods of screening said visitors for family meetings:

• Office of the Governor David Ige
  • Directed residents not to visit nursing homes. (Relevant link: https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/latest-news/proper-use-of-covid-19-tests-imperativethere-is-a-current-shortage-of-hand-sanitizers-and-toilet-paper-in-hawaii-in-part-because-ofthe-publics-over-reaction-to-covid-19-the-hawai)

Notable Groups: Office of the Governor David Ige

Hawaii’s Telehealth Inclusion:

• University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Rural Health Association
  • A COVID-19 Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) education and training series is provided weekly. All long term care and assisted living facilities are invited. The series topics include: donning/doffing personal protective equipment (PPE), repurposing PPE, COVID19 testing procedures, resident isolation, staff quarantine, and telemedicine in long term care. (Relevant link: https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/ltss)

Notable Groups: University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Rural Health Association