Guidance: LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit

The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD), Department of Health, Department of Medicaid, and Department of Aging have collaborated to create a Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit that includes concept diagrams and tools related to coronavirus (COVID-19).

The information in this toolkit includes essential guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) distilled into a more simplified format.

It is at this critical time, before stay-at-home orders are lifted, that all providers evaluate and reevaluate their needs and their capacity to address future quarantines of people who have been exposed, isolation of people who are tested or presumed positive, and planning for critical shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE).

By completing Pre-Surge Planning using the tools in this kit, providers will be better prepared to act rather than react to future COVID-19 outbreaks.

Long-Term Services and Supports Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit

• DODD Companion Guidance and Terms for Using LTSS Toolkit (Updated August 5, attached at right)

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Sample Instructions for Personnel Daily Symptom Monitoring

• Guidance for Discontinuing Transmission-Based Precautions in COVID-19 Patients

• VIDEO: LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit: Nursing Facility-Focused Training

• VIDEO: LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit: Community-Focused Training

• Guidance: Setting Up a Temporary Relocation Site for Congregate or Community Settings

• CDC Strategies for Optimizing PPE Use
  • Sequence for Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Isolation Gowns
  • Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Eye Protection
  • Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks
• FDA: Surgical Mask and Gown Conservation Strategies - Letter to Healthcare Providers

LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit Webinars

Community Settings

• Read presentation notes

Congregate Care Settings

• Read presentation notes

Questions from LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit Webinar

Additional Resources

What LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit Means for Families

What LTSS Pre-Surge Planning Toolkit Means for DSPs