Staff at a New Jersey nursing home say some have contracted the virus and describe insufficient protection as they interact with residents, endangering everyone involved
Workers at a New Jersey nursing home ravaged by coronavirus have described a culture of silence, gross inaction from management and a desperate lack of protective equipment that has put them and their families in harm’s way and made it largely impossible to protect their patients from the outbreak.
AristaCare at Cedar Oaks, a long term 230-bed care facility, has seen 99 confirmed coronavirus cases and 27 deaths reported so far. It’s one of 489 long term care facilities with outbreaks in New Jersey alone. According to a list collected by the Washington Post, around 1,350 nursing homes nationwide have reported Covid-19 cases, though the newspaper admits this is an undercount.
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