Pennsylvania Senior Care Centers Rising to the Challenge through the Pandemic and Beyond

Thank you for being leaders in senior living, and for your exemplary care of our most treasured citizens.  Healthcare workers in hospitals have been commended, as they should, for their courage and heroic efforts during the pandemic.  Congresswoman Susan Wild would like to recognize and applaud the significant efforts senior living providers in Pennsylvania have and continue to put forth during the pandemic and how they continue to serve their residents providing the highest standard of care and compassion.  Towards this goal, we hosted a Round Table Discussion to learn of the heroic efforts by healthcare providers in senior living, to discuss means of protection of our more senior residents, and federal and state resources available to support these efforts in senior living.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently led a critical and well attended discussion entitled “Let’s Clear the Air on COVID:  An OSTP Discussion on Clean Indoor Air.”  The event was organized to spotlight the science behind indoor air quality (IAQ) to reduce COVID-19 and viral/bacterial transmission and how best to engage the general public on the topic.  This was also a critical topic for discussion – how Pennsylvania senior living facilities are protecting their residential environment to reduce transmission of the current virus and other airborne pathogens.