Publications
COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: How Could We Let This Happen?
In this paper, The New Center explains how and why America allowed its most vulnerable people to be exposed to this deadly virus and proposes ideas for how we can ensure a tragedy like this never happens again.
Facts At-A-Glance
-
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
regulate the nursing home industry in conjunction with state survey agencies that ensure nursing homes comply with federal regulations.
-
Over 40 percent of all those who have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 have been residents or workers in nursing homes or long-term care facilities.
-
83.5% of nursing home residents are aged 64 or over
