“NURSING HOME WORKERS face a higher risk for COVID-19 than most Americans, providing essential care in hazardous conditions and at lower pay than they deserve, says David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School.” health.usnews.com/hospital-heroe…
“Giving them a living wage, decent benefits and adequate personal protective equipment is not only the right thing to do, it would help keep long-term care residents safer amid the pandemic, too, he says.”
“Thanks to COVID-19, nursing home workers now have the most dangerous job in America, Grabowski and co-authors declared in a July 28 opinion piece in the Washington Post.”
“Direct care staff at nursing homes also need access to good-quality personal protective equipment to prevent virus transmission, free access to coronavirus testing and the ability to make choices about when to stay home when they’re sick without fear of income loss, they added.”
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