Posted on Apr 20, 2020
Discharging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'
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In some parts of the U.S., the desperate need to slow the spread of the coronavirus is coming into conflict with the scramble to find more hospital beds.
Nursing homes have been the sites of some of the earliest — and deadliest — outbreaks of COVID-19. Some people who run such facilities are understandably leery of accepting new patients who might spread the virus.
Nonetheless, some of the largest states are now ordering nursing homes to accept patients who have been discharged from the hospital but are still recovering from COVID-19.
Nursing homes have been the sites of some of the earliest — and deadliest — outbreaks of COVID-19. Some people who run such facilities are understandably leery of accepting new patients who might spread the virus.
Nonetheless, some of the largest states are now ordering nursing homes to accept patients who have been discharged from the hospital but are still recovering from COVID-19.
Discharging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'
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Some politicians and 'medical' administrators thoughT it would be cheaper than building from the ground up like China with their plastic isolation hospitals. They were correct about it being cheaper - with all the attendance problems nursing homes are currently facing.
Nursing homes are (by plan) intended to provide long-term specialized living care for elderly. They were NOT designed to provide intensive monitoring of the critically ill or radically infectious persons.
Nursing homes are (by plan) intended to provide long-term specialized living care for elderly. They were NOT designed to provide intensive monitoring of the critically ill or radically infectious persons.
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