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Nursing Homes, the Pandemic, and Caring Enough

Authors: Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 9/2020

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As COVID-19 curves plateau and fall, the full extent of the tragedy occurring in our nation’s 15,000 nursing homes is being revealed. In many areas of the country, nursing homes (often referred to as “long-term care facilities”) have struggled against nearly insurmountable odds, with reduced staffing levels due to illness, inadequate testing and personal protective equipment (PPE), and mounting morbidity and mortality. …

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Title: Nursing Homes, the Pandemic, and Caring Enough
Authors: Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
Alice Bonner, PhD, RN
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Care
COVID-19
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06022-7

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