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Veterans homes adapt as pandemic takes toll


By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2021-08-03 09:13
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a disproportionate fatality rate in some veterans homes compared with other nursing homes, leading the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to move to ensure more lives aren t lost to the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
The VA runs more than 100 nursing homes, or community living centers (CLC) in every state. A CLC is solely funded and managed by the VA. They cater to 33,000 American veterans, who mostly served during World War II.
But with more than 30,000 beds and about 133 homes, it is the state veterans home program that is the largest provider of long-term care to veterans, the VA said. ....

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