UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric MedicineMeyers Primary Care Institute
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-07-14Keywords
COVID-19pandemic
nursing homes
long-term care facilities
challenges
recommendations
Geriatrics
Health Services Administration
Infectious Disease
Preventive Medicine
Virus Diseases
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As COVID-19 curves plateau and fall, the full extent of the tragedy occurring in our nation’s 15,000 nursing homes is being revealed. In many areas of the country, nursing homes (often referred to as “long-term care facilities”) have struggled against nearly insurmountable odds, with reduced staffing levels due to illness, inadequate testing and personal protective equipment (PPE), and mounting morbidity and mortality.Source
Gurwitz JH, Bonner A. Nursing Homes, the Pandemic, and Caring Enough. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul 14:1–3. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06022-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32666484; PMCID: PMC7359917. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1007/s11606-020-06022-7Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27630PubMed ID
32666484Related Resources
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10.1007/s11606-020-06022-7