Tag: coronavirus

Whether By Luck Or Safety Protocols, Some Nursing Homes Remain COVID-19 Free

BY SUSAN JAFFE  |  CONNECTICUT HEALTH INVESTIGATIVE TEAM   |  JUNE 15,2020           

The coronavirus has decimated many of the nation’s nursing homes, and elderly, chronically ill residents of these facilities account for 64% of the state’s 4,201 death toll. They are roughly 100 times more likely to die of the virus than other people in the state.

So, the fact that some 41 of Connecticut’s 214 nursing homes have managed to keep out the virus, according to an analysis by C-HIT, is both remarkable and mystifying. Did they just get lucky?

This article also ran on Connecticut Public Radio.

Administrators at several COVID-19-free facilities use the word “fortunate” to describe a situation they acknowledge could change at any time. [Continued here, with map and table of COVID-19 free nursing homes.]

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Coronavirus Stresses Nursing Home Infection-Control Practices

I-TEAM IN-DEPTH   |    CONNECTICUT HEALTH INVESTIGATIVE TEAM   |  MARCH 12,2020

As coronavirus cases increase, posing heightened risks to the elderly, nursing homes will face growing scrutiny from state health inspectors.

In Connecticut and nationally, complying with federal infection-control requirements is a challenge for some nursing homes. Between 2017 and 2019, 145 of Connecticut’s 217 nursing homes – or about 67 percent – were cited for infection-control violations, according to a Conn. Health I-Team analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). [Continued here, with list of nursing home infection violations.]

 

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