Additional Information for Community Congregate Living Settings (e.g., Group Homes, Assisted Living)

ABSTRACT

What You Need to Know ;Facilities that serve unrelated people who live in close proximity and share at least one common room (e.g., group or personal care homes and assisted living facilities) should apply prevention strategies based on COVID-19 Community Levels for their general operations. ;Healthcare services delivered in these settings should be informed by CDC’s Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations. ;Facilities can also assess the unique risks of their setting and the populations they serve and use enhanced COVID-19 prevention strategies, described below, to help reduce the impact of COVID-19. ;Facility operators should balance the need for COVID-19 prevention with the impact from reducing access to daily services and programming. Facilities may not be able to apply all enhanced COVID-19 prevention strategies due to local resources, facility and population characteristics, and/or other factors. Therefore, they can add combinations of these enhanced prevention strategies as feasible for a layered approach to increase the level of protection.