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The article reports on the clinical, laboratory, and imaging studies of a 75‐year‐old physician with a history of lymphoma who cared for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patients in a nursing home and subsequently developed systemic and laboratory findings consistent with probable COVID‐19 with minimal respiratory symptoms. The patient self-quarantined for 5 days before hospital admission and experienced fever, headache, myalgias, anorexia, low back pain, and ageusia, with minimal cough and shortness of breath.

This article describes the contours of the residential care placement experience for social service staff, health care providers, and their client families of patients with Huntington's disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors, conditions, and barriers encountered by outpatient clinical staff and families in the transition to skilled nursing care. A Long-Term Care Contact Survey was developed to (a) gather information about long-term care referral sites; (b) determine the factors considered in choosing a facility; (c) describe the factors that hindered the transition to long-term care; (d) describe conditions prior to institutionalization; and (e) determine research interest. The study found that large cohorts of patients with Huntington's disease in residential care are scarce. A lack of confidence in the available options suggests the need for increased support for educational and social services to facility staff. Speech/swallowing therapy and physical therapy as placement facilitators reflect salient issues of latter stages of the disease, implicating funding support needs. Families facing this transition require long-term guidance for financial, caregiving, and psychosocial issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]