As a parent and an attorney, my family’s mantra is “Safety First”. We should have the same attitude with preventing the spread of the coronavirus. However, the failure to mandate or encourage mask wearing and social distancing has made the contagion worse. For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drafted a sweeping order
Visitation reports for nursing homes will help the safety and health of nursing home residents. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) recently issued a public health order. The Order requires nursing homes and community care facilities to submit a weekly report detailing each facility’s current visitation status. Many residents and their
Call Newspaper reported that Missouri will now allow cameras in nursing homes. Electronic monitoring is needed. Dozens of states allow cameras. Missouri joins its neighbors Illinois and Oklahoma permitting electronic monitoring in nursing homes. I hope other states soon pass similar laws. The Missouri law is named the “Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities
“The coronavirus pandemic has hit nursing homes hard and highlighted the inhumanity of our system of shunting away elderly and disabled people in isolated congregate institutions.” Too true. We need to do better. Slate had an interesting article condemning the inhumanity and William Barr’s corrupt political investigation into nursing home deaths. The department is acting
Infection Control Today interviewed Cedric Steiner, MBA. He explains below how to create a negative pressure wing in a nursing home. “When we talk about infection control, and not just one room, but pieces of the facility, we’re definitely on the right track. And I think we need to start thinking about the building as
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