![]() Officials also said several reports were received about nursing homes not properly screening staff. At another for-profit facility on Long Island, COVID-19 patients who were transferred to the facility after a hospital stay and were supposed to be placed in a separate COVID-19 unit in the nursing home were, in fact, scattered throughout the facility despite available beds in the COVID-19 unit.” “For instance, OAG received a complaint that at a for-profit nursing home located north of New York City, residents who tested positive for COVID-19 were intermingled with the general population for several months because the facility had not yet created a “COVID-19 only” unit. The report says the office also received numerous complaints that some nursing homes failed to implement proper infection controls to prevent the spread of the virus. ![]() However, the facility reported to OAG a total of 27 COVID-19 deaths at the facility and 13 hospital deaths - a discrepancy of 29 deaths. In fact, the OAG found that nursing home resident deaths appear to be undercounted by DOH by approximately 50%.”Īccording to the attorney general’s office, in one instance, a facility reported five confirmed and six presumed COVID-19 deaths at the facility as of August 3 to DOH. Preliminary data also reflects apparent underreporting to DOH by some nursing homes of resident deaths occurring in nursing homes. “Preliminary data obtained by OAG suggests that many nursing home residents died from COVID-19 in hospitals after being transferred from their nursing homes, which is not reflected in DOH’s published total nursing home death data. ![]() Government guidance requiring the admission of COVID-19 patients into nursing homes may have put residents at increased risk of harm in some facilities and may have obscured the data available to assess that risk.Lack of nursing home compliance with the executive order requiring communication with family members caused avoidable pain and distress.The current state reimbursement model for nursing homes gives a financial incentive to owners of for-profit nursing homes to transfer funds to related parties (ultimately increasing their own profit) instead of investing in higher levels of staffing and PPE.Insufficient COVID-19 testing for residents and staff in the early stages of the pandemic put residents at increased risk of harm.Insufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) for nursing home staff put residents at increased risk of harm.Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Staffing ratings had higher COVID-19 fatality rates Nursing homes that entered the pandemic with low U.S. ![]() Lack of compliance with infection control protocols put residents at increased risk of harm.A larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than DOH data reflected.Nursing homes residents and workers deserve to live and work in safe environments, and I will continue to work hard to safeguard this basic right during this precarious time.”Īccording to the report, the Office of the Attorney General found that: ![]() “While we cannot bring back the individuals we lost to this crisis, this report seeks to offer transparency that the public deserves and to spur increased action to protect our most vulnerable residents. “As the pandemic and our investigations continue, it is imperative that we understand why the residents of nursing homes in New York unnecessarily suffered at such an alarming rate,” Attorney General James said in a statement. The investigations also revealed that nursing homes’ lack of compliance with infection control protocols put residents at increased risk of harm, and facilities that had lower pre-pandemic staffing ratings had higher COVID-19 fatality rates.īased on this investigation, Attorney General James is investigating over 20 nursing homes whose reported conduct during the first wave of the pandemic ‘presented particular concern.’ (WROC) - New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report on her office’s ongoing investigations into nursing homes’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday.Īccording to the report, a larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than the New York State Department of Health’s published nursing home data reflected and may have been undercounted by as much as 50%. ![]()
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