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19 Oct, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Press Release | Nursing Home staffing and PPE Shortages Continue, New Data Shows. Nursing Home Workers Express Alarm as COVID19 Cases Surge in Ohio and Nationwide.

seiu1199.org/nursing-home-s…
A new analysis of CMS data by AARP and the Ohio University Scripps Gerontology Center shows that many nursing home facilities lack needed PPE. Concurrently, projections and modeling data show that COVID19 transmission may dramatically increase this fall and winter.
New analysis of data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services by AARP shows that 34.6% of Ohio nursing homes in the 4 week period ending on 9/20/20 had a shortage of workers.
Additionally, 33.9% of nursing homes in Ohio did not have a one week supply of all critical personal protective equipment items needed during that same period.
“These workers were not cared for before this pandemic and this is a deepening crisis. Policymakers at all levels of government, long-term care corporations, and nursing home operators, must work together to ensure access to PPE and safe staffing,” concluded Caldwell.
View the AARP COVID19 Nursing Home Dashboard: aarp.org/caregiving/hea…
Nursing home workers also now have one of the most dangerous jobs in America, stated a recent report in the Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

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