The outbreaks have highlighted problems in the state's nursing home industry: Corporate chains with complex ownership structures, overworked and underpaid employees and a mixed record of complying with infection control requirements
89% of skilled nursing facilities with coronavirus were recently cited for infection control problems, a Times analysis found.
“It’s really beyond the worst-case scenarios that I think anyone could reasonably prepare for,” said Mark Parkinson, president and chief executive of the American Health Care Assn. and the National Center for Assisted Living, an industry trade group.at California nursing homes have died from COVID-19 — about 31 percent of the deaths in the state — according to health officials, though a Los Angeles Times review has found multiple errors in state data.
Kate Folmar, spokeswoman for the California Department of Public Health, said via email that the state and the Newsom administration have “accelerated efforts to improve nursing home oversight and deliver quality care to the thousands of Californians who need skilled nursing.”
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Trump Announces Panel To Look At Nursing Home Responses To Coronavirus OutbreakThe administration also said it will send two shipments of personal protective gear to every nursing home, each shipment containing a one-week supply, by July 4.
Consulte Mais informação »
'Not prepared for this pandemic': How nursing homes became coronavirus hot zonesCoronavirus has swept through skilled nursing facilities nationwide, killing hundreds. In California, one company controls numerous homes with outbreaks, including a hard-hit facility in Tulare County.
Consulte Mais informação »
First California county reopens amid coronavirus spread, diners rejoice in 'new normal'Modoc County was the first California county to reopen amid the coronavirus outbreak even as Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order remains in effect.
Consulte Mais informação »
First California county reopens despite state's stay-home order; diners rejoice in the 'new normal’In the far northeast corner of California, “the new normal” began to take shape. Tiny Modoc County on Friday began to reopen, with restaurants again serving food and other retailers swinging their doors open for customers.
Consulte Mais informação »
UK COVID-19 death toll rises to 28,131, shadowing ItalyThe United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll rose 621 to 28,131 as of May 1, just short of Italy which has had the deadliest novel coronavirus outbreak among European countries.
Consulte Mais informação »