After a Covid-19 outbreak in a Massachusetts veteran home that led to 80 coronavirus-related deaths, two administrators have been charged with mishandling the outbreak.
John Bassett and Mona Oldroyd recently tied the knot at a nursing home in England after postponing their ceremony due to Covid-19 restrictions. The couple met 15 years ago at a pub, and lived together until
n the United Kingdom, an 85-minute Covid-19 test could change visitations for those in long-term care and their loved ones. A new testing machine reads saliva samples, and can provide a test result in just over an hour.
Recently, New York State eased restrictions for those visiting loved ones in nursing homes. A facility formerly was required to be Covid-19 free for 28 days before must allow visitors.
Though Florida once required all staff at nursing homes and assisted living facilities to test bi-weekly for COVID-19, only entering the facilities once testing negative, the state has not renewed the testing order since it expired in mid-September.
The New England Journal of Medicine is bringing awareness to the issue of nursing home neglect in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a recent article published by the journal, the pandemic revealed to all that ” . . . U.S. nursing homes were unstable even before Covid-19 hit. They were like tinderboxes, ready to go up in flames with just a spark.
