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Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Failing to Separate COVID Patients
As recently as July, a survey of nurses found that 32 percent work in facilities without a dedicated COVID unit.
Pandemic Could Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents
The looming mass disenfranchisement of the U.S.’s elderly and disabled is a hidden effect of the ongoing crisis.
Nursing Homes Will Receive Fast, Cheap COVID Tests — With a Catch
Experts say the administration’s approach with antigen tests could add cost and risk for the most vulnerable patients.
Deregulated Under Trump, Nursing Homes Are Becoming COVID Morgues
The industry is lobbying for a broad federal immunity rule that would shield 15,600 nursing homes from liability.
Cuomo Denounced for Order Sending Thousands of COVID Patients to Nursing Homes
Republicans and the Trump administration are not the only ones to blame for unnecessary deaths during the pandemic.
COVID-19 Exposes Systemic Devaluation of Elderly and Dementia Patients
The alarming death rate of U.S. nursing home residents due to the novel coronavirus is not a sad inevitability.
Coronavirus Outbreak in Nursing Home Highlights Risk in Elder Care Facilities
Residents are at heightened risk of serious complications due to the dual threat of age and close living conditions.
In California Care Homes, Residents Are Neglected and Workers Are Exploited
Rat bites, bedsores and other injuries plague residents in many care homes cited for labor violations.
Lawsuit Seeks to Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
Medicare’s nursing home benefit is available only to those admitted to the hospital for three consecutive days.
Congress Considers Bill to Defend Freedom of People With Disabilities
Many with disabilities are forced into institutions instead of receiving essential services at home.