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In the midst of the pandemic, Katie Engelhart, a New York Times Journalist who reports on aging, set out to understand how COVID-19 was affecting nursing home residents with dementia. In her work, she talked to doctors, caretakers, scientists, psychologists,…

A recent report published by the Wall Street Journal reveals that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s closest advisors “successfully pushed” New York health officials to omit high-level data points regarding COVID-19 nursing home death reports in July. The omission of data was…

During a conference with New York Democratic leaders, Melissa DeRosa, secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, apologized for withholding the state’s nursing home COVID-19 death toll, stating the team worried the actual numbers would put the state at risk for federal…

On its own, caregiving will likely be the hardest job you’ll ever do. Meeting the needs of an elderly loved one that’s chronically ill can be even more challenging. Caregiving comes with tons of responsibilities and daily necessities to ensure…

It’s no secret that nursing homes have taken a hard hit during the pandemic. Over the past year, COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes have resulted in high rates of infection, hospitalization, and death, making nursing home residents one of the…

The closure of our nation’s nursing homes was intended to protect residents and slow the spread of the coronavirus, yet it has done far more than that. Visitation bans have fueled massive heartbreak for the families and elderly loved ones…

Can we really trust ratings? According to the New York Times article “Maggots, Rape, and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public,” they may be more misleading than we think. The Times unmasked the implications…

It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has taken an enormous toll on nursing homes throughout the country, claiming the lives of nearly 126,000 residents and staff across 4,100 facilities and accounting for close to 40 percent of all COVID-19…

Earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration issued a report absolving themselves of the blame for thousands of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in July of 2020. After an outcry from mourning families, Cuomo’s administration refused to back up…