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Industry Lobbying Left Nursing Homes Vulnerable in Pandemic
Lax regulations and minimal enforcement left the nursing homes exposed to dangers of highly transmissible diseases long before the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic hit.
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Nursing home employee Ashley Ford at her home in DeMotte, Indiana. (Photo by John J. Watkins for The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)
Even before Covid-19, aides caring for elderly and disabled people in nursing homes often were overworked and underpaid, doing everything from changing linens to helping residents eat to physically rotating them to prevent bed sores.
Ashley Ford often was one of four aides for as many as 42 residents at the Indiana nursing home where she’s worked since early 2019. She sometimes skipped breaks when work got busy so she wouldn’t leave patients waiting. ....

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