COVID-19 Positive Patients Moved into Senior Skilled Nursing Facilities

https://calmatters.org/health/2020/04/nursing-homes-california-covid-19-patients-coronavirus-newsom/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/california-orders-skilled-nursing-facilities-to-accept-coronavirus-patients https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/06/editorial-newsom-falters-as-covid-19-nursing-home-cases-soar/https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/may/06/state-will-pay-assisted-living-coronavirus/ https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-20-33.aspx No other skilled nursing facility in the Western U.S. has a cumulative COVID-19 death rate as high as the Pacifica Companies’-owned Kei-Ai Los Angeles facility in Lincoln Heights. Many in the Los Angeles community cannot help but wonder, “Does this have anything to do why there has been insufficient oversight and lack … Read more

Aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York rewrote a report by state health officials to hide how many nursing home residents died in the pandemic.

The central role played by the governor’s top aides reflected the lengths to which Mr. Cuomo has gone in the middle of a deadly pandemic to control data, brush aside public health expertise and bolster his position as a national leader in the fight against the coronavirus. As the nursing home report was being written, … Read more