![]() ![]() Public and private operated facilities have been affected, as have those serving predominantly well-off and less well-off populations. It has caused serious issues in facilities that have had a history of high quality care with limited reported deficiencies as well as facilities that have experienced survey issues. The virus has not discriminated among facilities. ![]() Long-term care facilities have many elderly residents living in close proximity to each other and a good number of residents have comorbidities, behavioral health or cognitive impairments, or other health risk factors that make them particularly vulnerable to both infection and developing serious morbidity or mortality from the virus. Given what is known about COVID-19, perhaps that result should not be surprising. Deaths related to COVID-19 in long-term care facilities - which includes nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, adult care centers, intermediate care facilities and other long-term care facilities - account for approximately 43% of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. ![]() COVID-19 has hit long-term care facilities very hard.Įvery day brings reports of lethal outbreaks in such facilities and recent data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reveal that Medicare certified nursing homes have experienced more than 60,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 26,000 deaths. ![]()
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