Why did regulators not isolate the infected folks from others to stop the virus from ravaging the many nursing homes across the country? If you had an aging parent in a nursing home, that person’s risk was higher than anyone else’s for a few obvious reasons. Elders in nursing homes were and remain sitting ducks. And they cost more than the usual depressing way we build nursing homes. And we need voices to convince lawmakers to learn from the mistakes our country has made in the pandemic and to change course for aging folks in nursing homes.

Source: Forbes December 12, 2020 02:15 UTC