Nursing homes and live-in facilities continue to be an area of concern amid the coronavirus pandemic as health experts warn that people 65 and older are…
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In the last 12 days, seven residents at the Charlwell House Health & Rehabilitation Center who died tested positive for COVID-19; due to underlying conditions the virus was listed as the cause of death for only three residents, a co-owner of the facility told the outlet. The other eight residents who died were not tested for the virus, according to Chris Roberts, the facility’s vice president of operations.New statewide data also found there to be at least one case of the virus across 85 long-term care facilities in Massachusetts, the“Frankly, if we hadn’t put the restrictions [on visitors] in place that we had, the situation probably would be worse,” Marylou Sudders, Massachusetts health and human services secretary, told the outlet.
. And the very earliest outbreaks in Washington state at the beginning of the month were also at nursing homes, where residents’ age and close proximity puts them at high risk.
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