Laguna Honda’s COVID-19 Outbreak Offers Lessons for Other Long-Term Care Homes This week San Francisco health officials have begun testing everyone at skilled nursing facilities for COVID-19, beginning with the county-run Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, where an early outbreak has amassed 21 cases of the virus among patients and staff. It could have … Read more
Even with an offer to stay, families of residents and others are asking about the continuity of cultural programming and future of care homes for Chinese seniors in Chinatown A story out of Vancouver, BC sounds eerily similar to the one that Sakura ICF families are going through right now: https://vancouversun.com/health/seniors-at-chinatown-care-can-stay-says-b-c-housing
February 23, 2021 Julia Rock and David Sirota https://portside.org/2021-02-23/how-wall-street-killed-grandma “20,000 nursing home residents died from 2004 to 2016 because they lived in nursing homes run by private equity firms, according to updated data.“ “We find that [private equity] ownership leads to a 3 percent decline in hours per patient-day supplied by the frontline nursing assistants … Read more
Click: January 6, 2021, Los Angeles Times, Andrew Campa, staff writer