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Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Facilities - Hot Spots for COVID-19 Infections. How Can We Protect Our Elderly Population? | Dr. Yusra Hussain
In this podcast, Dr. Yusra Hussain will differentiate various terms like nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. She will explain why nursing homes are hot spots for COVID 19 and what interventions we need to mobilize to help reduce the infection rate in those facilities and in the elderly population.
Yusra will highlight how providers, communities, and the government stepped up their support and resources 3-4 weeks into the pandemic. And finally, she will also share her passion and advocacy for health as a human right as the President of the National Health Care Program in the SV.
Memorable Quote:
- Never a boring day as a geriatrician. -Dr.Yusra Hussain
About the Guest:
Dr. Yusra Hussain, a passionate geriatrician and previous director of the Senior Care Center at Stanford University will discuss COVID 19 in the elderly population in the San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley.
About the Host:
Dr. Jette is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and the President & CEO of ABCs for Global Health. Click here for her full profile or read her full interview here.
About ABC's for Global Health:
ABCs for Global Health is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding practical solutions to health problems of disadvantaged and underserved communities. Their programs include telemedicine, research on nutrition and healthcare, and disaster response.
Visit these links if you'd like to support either by volunteering or sharing your resources:
- Get Involved
- Donate
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In this podcast, Dr. Yusra Hussain will differentiate various terms like nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. She will explain why nursing homes are hot spots for COVID 19 and what interventions we need to mobilize to help reduce the infection rate in those facilities and in the elderly population.
Yusra will highlight how providers, communities, and the government stepped up their support and resources 3-4 weeks into the pandemic. And finally, she will also share her passion and advocacy for health as a human right as the President of the National Health Care Program in the SV.
Memorable Quote:
- Never a boring day as a geriatrician. -Dr.Yusra Hussain
About the Guest:
Dr. Yusra Hussain, a passionate geriatrician and previous director of the Senior Care Center at Stanford University will discuss COVID 19 in the elderly population in the San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley.
About the Host:
Dr. Jette is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and the President & CEO of ABCs for Global Health. Click here for her full profile or read her full interview here.
About ABC's for Global Health:
ABCs for Global Health is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding practical solutions to health problems of disadvantaged and underserved communities. Their programs include telemedicine, research on nutrition and healthcare, and disaster response.
Visit these links if you'd like to support either by volunteering or sharing your resources:
- Get Involved
- Donate
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.