Pandemic Exposes Need for Improvements in Staffing, Oversight, Accountability
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/25/us-concerns-neglect-nursing-homes
“Even before the pandemic, the US government failed to ensure that nursing homes were adequately staffed and regulated,” said Laura Mills, researcher on older people’s rights at Human Rights Watch. “The huge number of deaths in nursing homes from Covid-19 and emerging reports of neglect during the pandemic show that these failures have come at an enormous cost.”