Coronavirus Resources

ACRM has compiled the following directory of external resources and information about the coronavirus to help keep you informed and prepared. This is a rapidly changing situation. Please refer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) links provided below, in addition to your local health department, for the most up to date information. 

For Clinicians
For Researchers
For Caregivers & People With Disabilities
More Resources

‘LONG COVID’ CLINICS

As reported in Becker’s Hospital Review on 31 March 2021, the following hospitals and health systems have launched post-COVID-19 clinics.

• MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH
• Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
• Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ
• Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ
• Westchester Medical Center, Westchester, NY
• St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA
• UAB Medicine, Birmingham, AL
• Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA
• Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
• UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
• UCHealth, Aurora, CO
• UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA
• Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
• Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
• Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
• Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
• Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY
• Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
• University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD
• Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
• Cleveland Clinic
• Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

ACRM PANDEMIC WEBINAR SERIES

This series of live webinars with experts from the Telehealth industry provides clear and up-to-date information regarding the use of technology in the provision of rehabilitation services and research during the COVID-19 crisis. The goal is to provide information from the source, the opportunity to ask questions, and quickly disseminate straight answers for clear decision-making.

See the Schedule of Upcoming Pandemic Webinars >>

Visit the ACRM Video & Webinar Library to View Recorded Pandemic Webinars >>

OFFICIAL GUIDANCE

NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION

This booklet was written by and for people with developmental disabilities. It was created in English and Spanish by Green Mountain Self-Advocates, a SARTAC partner.

• Plain Language Booklet on Coronavirus
• Spanish Plain Language Booklet on Coronavirus

It was created in English and Spanish by Green Mountain Self-Advocates, a SARTAC partner.

RECOMMENDED READING

• If you’ve got coronavirus, shout it from the rooftops
  By Ford Vox, CNN
• Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now
  Politicians, Community Leaders and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When?
  By Tomas Pueyo, Medium
• How Should the Rehabilitation Community Prepare for 2019-nCoV?
  By Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, PhD and Helen Hoenig, MD, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Navigating Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Physiatry: A CAN report for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
  By Lennox McNeary MD, Susan Maltser DO, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez MD, Wiley Online Library
• Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
  By Harry Stevens, The Washington Post
• Mapping the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and worldwide
  By Washington Post Staff, The Washington Post
• Staying Active During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  Tips from the American College of Sports Medicine
• Coronavirus and Parenting: What You Need to Know Now
  By Anya Kamenetz and Cory Turner, NPR
• Recommended psychological crisis intervention response to the 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in China: a model of West China Hospital
  By Jun Zhang, Weili Wu, Xin Zhao and Wei Zhang, Precision Clinical Medicine
• Julie K. Silver: Prehabilitation could save lives in a pandemic
  By Julie K. Silver, MD, thebmjopinion

FOR CLINICIANS

• CMS Announces OT, PT, SLP now covered by telehealth. Learn about COVID-19 emergency declaration waivers
• Center to Advance Palliative Care has superb COVID resources for person-centered practice. Toolkit is open access to all. Particularly helpful are the talking points for providers with patients.

• License for Use of Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (“CPT®”) 

• CPT® codes and payment for online digital evaluation and management (E/M) services

• Novel Coronavirus Information Center
  Elsevier’s free health and medical research on novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Cochrane Clinical Answers related to COVID-19
• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics
  • Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response
• Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center
  From the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
• An Important Message About People With Disability & the COVID-19 Response
  By Professor Anne Kavanagh, Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health
• COVID-19 News Timeline & Resources
  American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
• LIfestyle Choices to Boost Immunity & Downloadable Resources
  American College of Lifestyle Medicine

FOR RESEARCHERS

• NIDILRR statement about application due dates

• Responding to Frequent Questions on Flexibilities Related to NIH Funding and COVID-19

FOR NONPROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS & PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• COVID-19 Guidance for Older Adults – From the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization (WHO) COVID Update
• Alzheimer’s Association site for caregivers 
• Alzheimer’s Society COVID-19 site
• Alzheimer’s Foundation of America coronavirus site – for persons with AD and their caregivers
• Alzheimer’s News Today – information for patients and caregivers MORE >>
• Medscape COVID-19 resources and updates
• The Cochrane Collaboration – wide-ranging resources
• UCLA Arts & Healing HOPE Series (Healing online for people everywhere)
• Online Mindfulness Classes
• How Seniors Can Stay Virtually Connected with Loved Ones
• Dance for Parkinson’s Disease at Home

MORE RESOURCES

• Three rapid reviews published by Cochrane examine the evidence on measures that aim to prevent potentially infected people from transmitting the virus to healthy people

• Center to Advance Palliative Care has superb COVID resources for person-centered practice. Toolkit is open access to all. Particularly helpful are the talking points for providers with patients.

• License for Use of Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (“CPT®”) 

• CPT® codes and payment for online digital evaluation and management (E/M) services

• Novel Coronavirus Information Center
  Elsevier’s free health and medical research on novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC Resource Page
  Insights from Powers attorneys and professionals, as well as news and guidance coming out of the administration
  
• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics
  • Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response
• Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center
  From the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
• The Coronavirus Update
  Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Gazette
• Online weekly coronavirus forums on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. EDT
  Hosted by Karestan Koenen, professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• What You Need to Know About Coronavirus
  By Nick Thompson, LinkedIn
• Disability-Specific Recommendations for COVID-19
  By Seth McBride, New Mobility
• Staying Connected with Family & Friends Living in Long-Term Care Facilities
  National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
• COVID-19 Guidance for Older Adults – from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know?
  Administration for Community Living
• An Important Message About People With Disability & the COVID-19 Response
  By Professor Anne Kavanagh, Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health
• COVID-19 News Timeline & Resources
  American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
• LIfestyle Choices to Boost Immunity & Downloadable Resources
  American College of Lifestyle Medicine