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Meet Emily Varvil, Project Manager at LeadingAge Virginia, an association of not-for-profit aging services serving older Virginians across the aging services continuum. She is passionate about empowering adult day centers (ADCs) in Virginia with infection prevention knowledge and resources. Over the last 2 years, LeadingAge Virginia has worked on the creation and implementation of infection prevention template policies for Virginia\u2019s ADCs. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, these centers were largely without formal written IP policies. However, LeadingAge Virginia realized during the pandemic that as participants socialize in close contact with one another, more thorough IP policies were needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emily and her team have set up a website of grant-developed infection prevention and control (IPC) resources and orchestrated three regional half-day workshops for ADC leaders across the state (Williamsburg, Arlington, and Roanoke). During the IPC workshops, Emily reviews the resources available to the ADCs, provides at-home infection prevention resources for ADC participants (see links below), and includes presentations from Health Quality Innovators about antimicrobial stewardship and Virginia Department of Health about infection prevention education and adult learning principles. They also discuss other available IPC resources from VIPTA and the Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center (VIPTC).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All of the grant-developed resources will continue to be available online when the grant funding ends in July 2024 to help centers keep their great infection prevention work going.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LeadingAge Virginia webpage containing the grant-developed IPC resources:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/leadingagevirginia.org\/page\/AdultDayIPC<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“At home” resources for participants and their caregivers:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/leadingagevirginia.org\/page\/ADCIPC_AtHome<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The workshops for ADCs are being funded by the Adult Day Center Model Infection Control and Prevention Policies grant. 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