Arif Nazir, Chief Medical Officer of Signature HealthCARE




Skilled Nursing News show

Summary: As both the chief medical officer for Signature HealthCARE and president of AMDA, the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Dr. Arif Nazir has a micro- and macro-level view on how skilled nursing facilities are fighting the novel coronavirus. Dr. Nazir sat down with SNN to talk about what he's seeing on the front lines, as well as the viability of some of the sweeping proposals that governments have floated to help beat back the COVID-19 tide. Listen to this episode of "Rethink" to learn: -- Why the COVID-19 pandemic will permanently change the post-acute and long-term care landscape — potentially for the better -- The roles geriatricians, nursing home operators, and other elder care experts need to play in the coronavirus response -- How frontline caregivers are weathering the storm -- And more!