As of Thursday, the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 10,000 residents & staff members in long-term-care facilities in the 23 states that report fatality data.
Three states hit hard by the pandemic—New York, New Jersey and California—have ordered nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to accept coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals. The policy, intended to help clear in-demand hospital beds for sicker patients, has prompted sharp criticism from the nursing home industry, staff members and concerned families, as well as some leading public health experts.
“Nursing homes are working so hard to keep the virus out, and now we’re going to be introducing new COVID-positive patients?” asked David Grabowski, a professor of health policy at Harvard Medical School.one nursing home in Seattle had an outbreak that resulted in 129 coronavirus infections and a shocking 40 deaths. The spread is thought to have taken hold at the nursing home as early as February 12.
But the trend of nursing homes becoming hotbeds for the virus is nationwide, as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow“Pick anywhere in this country, and look at the local press there, and … what you will find … is a story … about a nursing home, an assisted living facility, a long-term care facility, a group home for adults with disabilities, a soldier’s home for elderly veterans, … a congregate living facility, particularly for disabled or elderly Americans, where they’ve got cases. Where they’ve got deaths.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Opinion | After Coronavirus, Nursing Homes Need More ScrutinyFrom WSJopinion: Lax government oversight in the nursing-home industry has likely worsened Covid-19’s terrible toll on vulnerable seniors, writes Andrew Stein
Read more »
FEMA prepares to send protective gear to nursing homesThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to send personal protective equipment to nursing homes, which have struggled to obtain gear weeks into the pandemic as the death toll climbs.
Read more »
These Carbon-Neutral Bioceramic Geodesic Dome Homes Last 500 Years And Don’t Rot, Burn, Or RustI forecast and analyze trends affecting the mobile ecosystem. I've been a journalist, analyst, and corporate executive, and have chronicled the rise of the mobile economy. I built the VB Insight research team at VentureBeat and managed teams creating software for partners like Intel and Disney. In addition, I've led technical teams, built social sites and mobile apps, and consulted on mobile, social, and IoT. In 2014, I was named to Folio's top 100 of the media industry's 'most innovative entrepreneurs and market shaker-uppers.” I live in Vancouver, Canada with my family, where I coach baseball and hockey, though not at the same time.
Read more »
‘Snoop Dogs’: Sony’s Stellify Makes Channel 4 Series In Which Dogs Film Their Celebrity Owners’ HomesSony Pictures Television producer Stellify Media has landed one of the more unusual TV commissions to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic — it is strapping cameras to dogs and letting them roam th…
Read more »
'Queer Eye's' Bobby Berk Critiques Virtual Homes in 'Animal Crossing'The Fab Five member from the Netflix reality series took to Twitter on Tuesday to examine the creations of players in the social simulation game.
Read more »
‘Military Wives’: Bleecker Street Movie Marches Into HomesBleecker Street is releasing its Peter Cattaneo movie Military Wives starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan into homes on May 22. The pic was originally expected to get a limited theatrica…
Read more »