The White House, National Academies and now some members of Congress have called for nursing home reforms. Rep. Bobby Rush says corporations must be held accountable for pandemic deaths.
A major new investigation details how nursing homes failed during COVID-19.
Regulators looking to focus on transparency, staffing and worst performers.
Experts say you should break it down, beginning with deciding whether a nursing home is the right fit, or whether this is the right time.
A USA TODAY investigation has traced a string of casualties back to one nursing home chain, Trilogy Health Services.
A seemingly simple question — how many nursing home residents have gotten sick and died — has often turned into a political minefield.
"COVID-19 has laid bare the inequities and pitfalls in the current patchwork of care options for seniors and their families," writes reporter Emily DeRuy.
As the state battles a new coronavirus surge, public health officials and lawmakers are grappling with how to better prepare skilled nursing facilities for the next infectious disease crisis.
On April 11, Dena Garcia was told that her mother was running a fever. Three days later, she was sent to the ER, where she was unresponsive.
One facility was hit hard – 50-plus COVID cases and more than a dozen deaths. Another endured only 3 cases and just one patient died. Many factors likely figure in the difference.
