Newly Released Checklist Helps Long Term Care
and Other Residential Facilities Prepare for
an Influenza Pandemic

The Department of Health and Human Services has released the “Long Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist.” This tool provides guidance for assessing and improving the preparedness of such facilities for responding to pandemic influenza.

“The collaboration of long term care and other residential facilities with public health agencies will be important in protecting the people living in those facilities if and when a pandemic occurs,” Secretary Leavitt said. “These facilities provide vital services for their residents. By working together now, we’ll be better equipped to serve these residents and their caregivers in the future.”

The new checklist identifies steps that long term care and other residential facilities can take to prepare for a pandemic, and could be helpful in other types of emergencies. With participation from AMDA, NADONA, AHCA, AAHSA, ACHCA, and NAGNA, the checklist was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A copy of the “Long Term Care and Other Residential Facilities Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Checklist,” is available on the AMDA web site, with other checklists, and pandemic planning information, available online at www.pandemicflu.gov.

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