McKnight's November 4, 2022
America’s nursing homes are in crisis, and the government has been complicit. In the past 2 and a half years, COVID-19 has killed more than 158,000 nursing home residents. These facilities, filled with the nation’s most medically frail, have been understaffed, poorly managed and ignored for decades, creating the perfect storm allowing the pandemic to wreak devastating casualties.
The residents were not the only victims. Due to low pay, lack of professional advancement and abysmal working conditions, more than 400,000 nursing home staff have left the field— exacerbating the already existing shortage of the long-term care workers who provide critical support to these aging adults.
Perhaps the only silver lining of this tragedy is the newfound political will...
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