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COVID forced Bay Area families to make agonizing elder-care decisions. Is there a fix?

By Emily DeRuy
Four families share how the pandemic changed their care plans during an "emotionally horrifying" year.
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COVID-19 Exposes Lack of Medical Staff in Assisted Living Facilities

By Jared Whitlock
Thin medical staffing faces greater scrutiny – even from within the assisted living industry – as COVID-19 cuts a deadly swath through elder care facilities.
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COVID-19 Testing Plans Leave Out Assisted Living Facilities

By Jared Whitlock
Recently, state and county officials rolled out plans for mass COVID-19 testing in nursing homes. But there’s no roadmap for widespread testing in another senior care venue: assisted living facilities.
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La Mesa Assisted Living Facility Has State’s Second-Highest Death Toll

By Jared Whitlock
One of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in the state’s assisted-living industry has occurred at a La Mesa facility with a troubled regulatory past.

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