Senior Care Coronavirus News Roundup for Tuesday, 5/5

sanitizerThe coronavirus is killing too many nursing home residents (New York Times)

French nursing home takes on COVID and wins (AP)

Rhode Island: 66% of coronavirus deaths are from nursing homes (WJAR)

Outbreak kills 54 residents at Boston-area nursing home (Boston Globe)

The grim post-COVID-19 future for nursing homes (Forbes)

Feds consider relaxing infection-control rules at nursing homes (USA Today)

Care homes seek protection from coronavirus-related lawsuits (AP)

New York county stepping in to perform nursing home tests (lohud)

Most nursing homes violate infection-control standards (NM Political Report)

Some Texas facilities still struggling to find PPE (NBCDFW)

 


Topics: Featured Articles , Infection control , Medicare/Medicaid , Resident Care , Risk Management