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Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic - collaborative care can help with recovery

  • Written by Nancy Kusmaul, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic - collaborative care can help with recoveryTrauma-informed care ensures that both patients and staff feel supported in their care decisions.Owen Franken/Corbis Documentary via Getty Images

For older adults, social isolation may have dredged up past traumas that are difficult to come back from. And for those living in nursing homes that have been the center of outbreaks throughout the...

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