LET’S SPREAD #CARENOTCOVID

This has been a challenging time for everyone: staff, residents and their loved ones. We know many of you are going to extraordinary lengths to keep your residents safe from this virus, as well as help keep them engaged while they’re unable to visit with family members, volunteers, and even each other due to social distancing. With many individuals now staying home, AHCA/NCAL thought this would be a good opportunity for members of the public to send some messages of support to our residents.

AHCA/NCAL is happy to announce the release of www.carenotcovid.com to make it easy for anyone to send a video message to our seniors and individuals with disabilities. They’re also collecting stories from around the internet, so everyone can feel uplifted and inspired to chip in where they can. Whether it’s encouraging donations of hand sanitizer to your local facility, or asking children (who are at home while schools are closed) to create a homemade card, AHCA/NCAL hopes you’ll show your residents www.carenotcovid.com every day to let them know that we’re all thinking about them.

Feel free to even take a photo or video of your residents reacting to the messages on this website – they’d be happy to share those too. Send AHCA/NCAL any messages, inspiring stories or random acts of kindness by:

• Using the hashtag #CareNotCOVID, and/or
• Tagging them on Facebook or Twitter

And if you’re looking for ideas on how to keep your residents engaged and adjust some of your activities in light of this pandemic, check out their new resource.