• Laurie R Archbald-Pannone, Drew A Harris, Kimberly Albero, Rebecca L Steele, Aaron F Pannone, and Justin B Mutter.
• Department of Medicine, Division of General, Geriatric, Hospital & Palliative Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: LA2E@Vrginia.edu.
• J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Jul 1; 21 (7): 939-942.

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic is devastating post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC). As geriatricians practicing in PA/LTC and a regional academic medical center, we created this program for collaboration between academic medical centers and regional PA/LTC facilities. The mission of the Geriatric Engagement and Resource Integration in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities (GERI-PaL) program is to support optimal care of residents in PA/LTC facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are 5 main components of our program: (1) Project ECHO; (2) nursing liaisons; (3) infection advisory consultation; (4) telemedicine consultation; and (5) resident social contact remote connections. Implementation of this program has had positive response from our local PA/LTC facilities. A key component of our program is our interprofessional team, which includes physicians and nursing, emergency response, and public health experts. With diverse professional backgrounds, our team members have created a new model for academic medical centers to collaborate with local PA/LTC facilities.Copyright © 2020 AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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