Richard Mollot, LTCCC’s executive director, joins the show to talk about the hidden costs of COVID-19 and why resident abuse and neglect have been going unchecked. Mollot also discusses new federal requirements for facilities to report COVID-19 cases, fatalities, and other critical information.
Background reading and references:
- Visit LTCCC’s Coronavirus Resource Center: https://nursinghome411.org/coronavirus/
- Richard’s New York Times op-ed, “Nursing Homes Were a Disaster Waiting to Happen.”
- NPR: Seattle-area nursing home linked to Coronavirus deaths faces $600,000 fine
- Federal policy and regulatory revisions in response to COVID-19
- Comment on this by visiting https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=CMS-2020-0047-0001
- Richard’s recommendations:
- Kaiser Family Foundation: State Data and Policy Actions to Address Coronavirus
- Age of Innocence by Edith Warton
- Kids Baking Championship
Host: Eric Goldwein
Music: Liturgy of the Street by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com
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