Posted on 03/26/2020 7:40:50 PM PDT by blueyon
"""New York tells nursing homes they'll need to take coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals, report says""" New York told nursing-home operators that they will be required to accept patients infected with the new coronavirus who are discharged from hospitals but may be still convalescing, amid more cases in the state that are straining the health-care system.
The decision will draw pushback from some nursing-home officials, who have warned that such moves endanger residents who aren’t infected by the virus, because discharged patients may still be contagious. A group representing doctors who work in nursing homes, known as AMDA, the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, said in a recent resolution that “admitting patients with suspected or documented Covid-19 infection represents a clear and present danger to all of the residents of a nursing home.”
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Cuomo wants to kill the elderly.
The democrat plan for saving Social Security? Kill off as many folks over 60 as possible.
This is insanity.
So when Gov. Cuomo said a few years ago that , “ Pro-life, pro-gun conservatives ‘have no place’ in New York” I take it he also means the elderly now
That would flatten the Boomer bubble, restore Social Security solvency, and end the “pension crisis”.
Of course we could have avoided this by NOT aborting 2 million per year since 1973.
These are PRIVATE ENTERPRISES and WE will decide our own admissions policy.
Got any spare room at YOUR PLACE?
Cuomo is channeling Obama, but much worse. Obama was an inexperienced incompetent manager. Cuomo is that and a killer.
A lot of nursing homes aren’t exactly the places to be under normal circumstances.
That is an ignorant idea!
This will bring the body count up. Good job NY.
Some people need long term care. Especially after a debilitating illness.
Nursing homes are not for everyone. Most seniors do better in assisted living.
I take it back. Maybe they should replace Biden with Cuomo.
Like I said, if you face a prolonged recovery or need around the clock care, they’re appropriate.
For most people, they’re too confining.
That’s true. It just doesn’t seem to be the place to introduce a lot of patients whom you know have infectious diseases. And my experience knowing people who have been in nursing homes is that the care is often not the best. Some are good. Some aren’t.
With any iota of common sense this would require dedicated facilities or 2 negative tests before discharge.
No deal, Andy!
what? no. can’t be true.
its probably the elderly that need to go there....
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