Brooklyn nursing home ravaged by 55 deaths presumably caused by coronavirus, the highest toll at any senior care center in New York, according to a report by the New York State Health Dept.
For weeks, state officials refused to release nursing home numbers, citing concerns about residents' privacy. But after calls grew for transparency from families with loved ones in long-term care facilities, as well as local leaders fielding their complaints and concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week issued an executive order requiring communities to report deaths and tell families when a resident tests positive for the coronavirus.
The facility also tried to move some residents suspected of carrying the virus to the military field hospital set up at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center. The response to those requests, Cobble Hill says, was that the area's main hospitals were more overwhelmed and a higher priority for relief.
Cobble Hill and other senior communities that are anywhere near the pandemic's center stopped visitation weeks ago to keep the deadly virus out. The center's website encourages families to sign up for email updates and to schedule virtual visits with frail loved ones. The Trump administration has taken steps to increase transparency at nursing homes. One new rule requires facilities to report COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help the government build a database.
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