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May 20

Analysis: Will the pandemic lead to better, safer long-term care facilities?

By Chris Farrell, Next Avenue

Here's how the coronavirus pandemic could point to permanent reforms in America's long-term care facilities.

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May 20

Watchdog cites persistent infection lapses in nursing homes

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A federal watchdog agency says about 40% of nursing homes inspected in the past two years were cited for infection control problems.

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May 19

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Why American nursing homes have been hit so hard by coronavirus

By Lisa Desjardins

Nursing homes across the country are facing a desperate situation during the coronavirus pandemic. In 17 states, more than half of reported COVID-19 deaths have been at these facilities. Chronic staffing shortages, made worse by the virus, and inadequate infection…

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May 14

New York nursing homes worry about cost for COVID-19 testing requirement

By Jennifer Peltz, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

As calls grow nationwide for testing everyone in nursing homes for coronavirus, New York facilities are sounding alarms about the state's ambitious new demand to test roughly 185,000 workers twice a week. Administrators worry there won't be enough test kits.

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May 13

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy: ‘All states’ need more federal aid now

New Jersey is second only to New York for total deaths caused by COVID-19. While most other states are lifting pandemic restrictions, the Garden State has been in a near lockdown for months. But now, Gov. Phil Murphy is making…

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May 11

WATCH: Trump encourages U.S. to ‘reopen,’ while administration faces virus cases at White House

By Zeke Miller, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

In a potent new symbol of the risk, Trump addressed a Rose Garden audience filled with mask-wearing administration officials. That was after two known cases of COVID-19 among staffers in one of the most-protected complexes in America sent three of…

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May 09

NY’s Cuomo criticized over highest nursing home death toll

By Jim Mustian, Jennifer Peltz, Bernard Condon, Associated Press

Of the nation’s more than 25,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, more than a fifth of them — about 5,300 — are in New York, according to a count by The Associated Press, and the toll…

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May 07

WATCH: New Jersey sending National Guard to nursing homes, governor says

By Associated Press

Gov. Phil Murphy and other officials didn’t offer details on what their exact role would be. Nursing homes need “some relief from the bullpen,” Murphy said.

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May 05

Additional 1,700 coronavirus-related deaths reported in New York nursing homes

By Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press

New York state is now reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it’s protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic.

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May 03

Faced with 20,000 dead, care homes seek shield from lawsuits

By Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

At least 15 states have enacted laws or governors’ orders that explicitly or apparently provide nursing homes and long-term care facilities some protection from lawsuits arising from the crisis.

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