At Potomac Valley, one patient died after a nurse allegedly failed to provide basic life support, inspectors said. “Downright negligence — they did not protect their patients,” said Mike Sheppard, whose mother, Lorraine Sheppard, died of covid-19 three weeks after moving into Potomac Valley in April. As of this week, nearly 15,000 staff and residents at nursing homes and assisted-living facilities have tested positive for the coronavirus. Even as the virus took hold and spread to more than half of the people who lived at the facility, Potomac Valley continued to admit new patients. Surveyors also reported that the facility failed to isolate new admissions whose covid-19 status was not known.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2020 15:00 UTC