The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released a new report today highlighting data that shows the quality of care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) has been on an upward trend in the 10 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Information collected by the federal government proves that industry-wide efforts to raise the standard of care have benefited long term care residents across the country. Key findings from the report inclu .
Adriana Belmonte
December 23, 2020, 10:07 AM
Many long-term care facilities became hot spots for virus outbreaks early and often. More than 410,000 residents and 350,000 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, while 81,790 residents and 1,216 staff members have died from the disease caused by coronavirus. As a result, many families have transferred their loved ones out of these facilities in order to keep them safe.
“This has been a clinical disaster,” AHCA/NCAL CEO Mark Parkinson said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “The numbers are just staggering and heartbreaking about what has happened with older people and facilities in the general population. It s been horrible. It s also been a business nightmare.”
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