No matter where you live, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are now lethal centers for COVID-19 in the United States. What you need to know:
Im fact, nursing home residents and workers now comprise between 30% and 40% of all COVID-19 related deaths in the United States, according to estimates.that will continue to feed the ongoing epidemic, said Donald Taylor, director of the Duke University Social Science Research Institute in Durham, N.C.
"Without a broad-scale asymptomatic testing approach, we will not deal with the epidemic in skilled nursing facilities," Taylor said."The reality is one asymptomatic worker or one asymptomatic patient coming in can undo the best infection control, unfortunately." Further, the care being offered necessitates close contact between patients and caregivers, said Sheria Robinson-Lane, a gerontologist and assistant professor with the University of Michigan School of Nursing in Ann Arbor.
Early in the pandemic response effort, nursing homes didn't rate the same amount of attention as hospitals in terms of infection control, she added. But more federal and state funding is needed to make sure that all nursing facilities have enough protective personal equipment such as gowns, masks and gloves, Fulmer added.
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