THE claim by Donald Macaskill from Scottish Care that older people with dementia were responsible for the Covid death rates in nursing homes ( Death rates higher in larger care homes , The Herald, May 27) represents a new low in the private care industry s attempts to deflect responsibility from the disaster that happened last year. Large care homes are typically built in wings or as separate units . If these had been properly managed, outbreaks should have been no different to smaller homes. A 120-place care home, divided into four 30-bed units, should have had the same infection rates as a 30-place home, while a 60-place home divided in three, the same as a 20-place home.
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