These disparities are due to racism.”ADIn recent months, lawmakers have called on the federal government to better track the impact of the virus on Black residents in nursing homes. Bond said he worried that without good data, homes such as Legacy were flying under the radar. As reports of the coronavirus surfaced among nursing homes, Wright said she spent hours working with nursing home staff to come up with protocols to keep patients healthy. In all, these states are home to roughly 11,000 facilities — nearly three-quarters of all Medicare-certified nursing homes in the country. Only Medicare-certified nursing homes were included in this analysis.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2020 11:16 UTC