CMS will allow nursing homes to hire unqualified people for critical positions of direct care treatment.  Even now with unemployment at record highs, and the need for more staffing at nursing homes. The nursing home industry lobbied the Trump administration to relax regulations to certify nurse aides. At the start of the pandemic, the Centers

Last week, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found that people over 65 years of age make up 80 percent of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S.  The data from the CDC provides clear evidence of the toll that the Trump Virus has on nursing home residents. The analysis finds that a disproportionate number of

Nursing homes account for a large share of U.S. deaths from COVID-19.  Nursing homes were not prepared for the Trump Virus.  Poor training on infection control, and inadequate and unsafe staffing caused 60,000 fatalities among nursing home residents and staff. Nursing home residents account for only about 1% of the U.S. population but 40% of

Over the weekend, South Carolina set a single day record with 75 Coronavirus deaths. In the last week, South Carolina has reported more COVID-19 deaths (274) than it did in the entire month of May (250). South Carolina has reported more COVID-19 deaths this month (680) than it did in March, April, and May combined

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose above 146,000. The U.S. reported more than 68,000 new cases yesterday. We account for more than a quarter of the more than 15.5 million coronavirus cases world-wide, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. South Carolina has plateaued bringing the total number of confirmed cases

Deaths from COVID-19 in nursing homes surpassed the 40,000 mark before July 15.  Elder advocates and industry experts put the number much higher. There is universal agreement that nursing homes are the number one setting for coronavirus fatalities. Official estimates place actual and suspected infections at U.S. nursing homes over a quarter million. It may