RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - Even before the first resident tested positive for the coronavirus at a nursing home in Richmond, Virginia, staff members were worried.
The facility has struggled to stop the outbreak, which has killed more than a quarter of its residents and infected about 80 per cent of them, in part because of a lack of resources. Most of its residents rely on Medicaid. The Times included in its count nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, memory care facilities, retirement and senior communities, and long-term rehabilitation facilities.
Families, barred from visiting since March 13, have complained bitterly about a lack of information coming from the facilities as home administrators scramble to keep enough workers on staff. Few had adequate supplies of masks or gowns, or access to testing.
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