Palliative Care Amid the Pandemic: Resources for PALTC Providers and Families

As the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold and the death rate begins to take shape with accurate reporting and more frequent testing, David Grabowski, Ph.D., a researcher at Harvard Medical School ’s Health Care Policy Department who studies nursing homes, says that when the final data are in, nursing homes will probably account for about half of all COVID-19 deaths in every state — as they already do in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, among others (New York Times, May 5, 202 0, https://nyti.ms/3cwZGC5).

Source: Caring for the Ages - July 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Melissa McClean, Victoria Nalls Source Type: news