COVID-19 Information Page

Government COVID-19 Update Webpages

• Oregon Health Authority COVID-19 Updates
  • Oregon’s COVID-19 Temporary OAR Changes
  • OHA COVID Vaccine Information Page
• Center for Disease Control
• Office of the Governor’s COVID-19 Updates
• Social Security Administration COVID-19 Updates
• Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services COVID-19 Updates

Resources

• The Unwinding of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
• PPE Use Instructions from CDC
• Hearing Voices Network: COVID-19 Surviving Lockdown with Voices & Visions
• Assurance Wireless – free phones for low income families
• Nationwide ACT Message Board

COVID 19 Vaccine

• OHA Behavioral Health COVID-19 vaccine FAQ
• ACT Teams and Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake – Dr Hall
• Schizophrenia and Covid-19 mortality

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Info

• CDC – How to Use Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow Spread
• CDC on homemade face covering
• Understand the difference between surgical masks and N95 respirators
• COVID-19 OHA Update for Health Providers_4.17.20
• Oregon Simplified PPE Allocation Plan
  • Emergency Regional Coordinator’s Contact Information

How to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

• Disinfecting Facilities, Vehicles, and Other Surfaces
• Infectious Disease Toolkit for Continuums of Care: Preventing and Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease for People Experiencing Homelessness
• CDC-Coronovirus 101: Info for Direct Support Professionals
• CDC – How to Protect Yourself & Others

ACT Staffing and Practices

• Guidelines on Developing Safety Protocols for the Provision of ACT_DRAFT
• ACT staffing configuration to prevent the spread of COVID
• Tips on Serving Individuals Remotely and in the Community During the Virus Crisis
  • Video   OR    Slides
• Supervision from home
  • Video   OR   Slides

Sample ACT Team Policies and Procedures

• Bridgeway Policies and Procedures (New Jersey)
  • Sample Policy COVID 19 Home Visits_Bridgeway 1
  • Sample Policy COVID 19 Containment Safety Proc_Bridgeway 2 
  • Sample Policy Office Usage_Bridgeway 3
  • Sample Form COVID-19 PS HIGH RISK Log Bridgeway 4 
  • Sample Form COVID screening checklist for ACT staff 5 
• Telecare, Inc. (Oregon)
  • Sample COVID 19 Community Based Services Policy  –  Telecare, Inc. 03-24-20

     

• Klamath Basin Behavioral Health (Oregon)
  • Sample COVID- 19  ACT Safety Procedures – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health
  • How to Wear Masks Properly – Disposable or cloth – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health

Telehealth Guidance

• Telehealth Tips: Clients with Suicide Risk
• Changes to Oregon Medicaid Plan – Approval Package
  • The following are now approved to be provided by telehealth:
    • Needs-based eligibility criteria evaluations and re-evaluations
    • Person-centered service plan development and completion and monitoring
    • Home-Based Habilitation; HCBS Behavioral Habilitation and Psychosocial rehabilitation to individuals who are being served in an inpatient setting to promote supports not otherwise provided by the acute care hospital and are designed to ensure smooth transitions between acute care and community based settings
• DFR-OHA Telehealth Guidance Final – 3.24.20
• OHA Telehealth Memo – 3.20.20
• Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth

Medications

• ACT COVID-19 Clinical Guidelines for Clozapine
• Outpatient Labs Open – Updated 04.23.20

Substance Use Disorder and Harm Reduction

• Safer Drug Use During the COVID-19 Outbreak