Ambulance workers pickup an elderly man from Cobble Hill Health Center, the nursing home that recently registered an alarming amount of covid-19 deaths. As hospitalizations and deaths continue to decrease slowly in New York, many nursing homes are still struggling with high death rates due to the covid 19 outbreak. (Photo by Braulio Jatar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Coronavirus situation in New York, US – 17 Apr 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is launching a major overhaul of nursing home quality in his State of the Union speech. White House officials Monday outlined steps to set minimum staffing levels, increase inspections and continue efforts to keep COVID-19 out of nursing homes. Experts say staffing levels are a critical marker for nursing home quality, and many facilities lack sufficient numbers of nurses, nursing assistants and other workers. The industry says it needs more money to hire and retain qualified workers amid competition from hospitals. A staffing requirement has long been sought by advocates and opposed by the industry.
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