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Lax regulation of Illinois nursing homes cited in report

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COVID-19: Overcrowding tied to avoidable nursing homes deaths


Forty percent more Black and Hispanic residents of Illinois nursing homes died from COVID-19 than would be expected, in part because they were more likely than whites to be living in three- and four-person rooms.  
That statistic on preventable deaths related to overcrowding, as well as other numbers described as “tragic” and “a call to action” by advocates for nursing home residents, were presented to two Illinois House committees Wednesday by officials from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. 
The HFS analysis of COVID-19-related deaths between March 2020 and July 2020  the first wave of the pandemic   provided the first in-depth look at racial and ethnic disparities surrounding the way nursing home residents are housed.  ....

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