Michael Wasserman, president of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine. “There has never been any question in my mind that sending COVID-19 patients into completely unprepared, understaffed and underresourced nursing homes both increased transmission and led to a greater number of deaths,” said Dr. He added that the March 25 directive followed federal guidance, and that the percentage of coronavirus deaths statewide that happened in nursing homes didn’t change from the spring to the fall - after the directive was reversed.Ī leader of a California group of nursing home clinicians and administrators, however, sees New York officials as seeking to shift blame.
“At least 98% of nursing home facilities in the state had COVID in their facility before their first admission or readmission, and as we’ve seen across the nation, the major driver of infections appears to be from asymptomatic staff through no fault of their own,” said state Health Commissioner Dr. And they have repeatedly noted that by law, nursing homes weren’t supposed to accept anyone they couldn’t adequately care for. State health officials contend that asymptomatic nursing home employees, not recovering COVID-19 patients, were the driving factor in nursing home outbreaks. Cuomo reversed the directive May 10, barring nursing homes from accepting COVID-19 patients without a negative test first.
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