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COVID-19 Updates

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Cal/OSHA, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have established sites and issued coronavirus guidance. Resources include:

Link Medi-Cal COVID-19 PHE Unwinding Plan
Link COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Link DHCS COVID-19 Updates and Response
Link CDC Novel Coronavirus Information for Health Care Providers
Link Administration for Community Living (ACL) “What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Link Cal/OSHA Guidance on Requirements to Protect Health Care Workers from 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Link CDC guidance on Personal Protective Equipment
Link Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Link California Public Health and Medical Emergency Operations Manual
Link Long-Term Care And Other Residential Faculties Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
Link National Center on Law & Elder Rights (NCLER)

National Center on Law & Elder Rights (NCLER)

Older adults and people of all ages with compromised immune systems are particularly at risk if exposed to COVID-19. In the current national emergency, legal assistance to older adults is critical to securing and protecting life essentials, empowering older adults, and protecting their rights. The delivery of legal services must focus on minimizing risk to legal assistance staff and their clients while balancing the ongoing legal needs of the community.

The Administration for Community Living, in partnership with NCLER, has created a new document, Legal Assistance for Older Americans & COVID-19, for legal assistance programs to use while adjusting their policies and procedures to ensure the safety of their staff and their older adult clients. This document adds to the other FAQs and new resources that ACL has published for the aging and disability networks.