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Too often in politics in Pennsylvania and the United States, we choose to forgo fixing a bridge until it inevitably collapses. But we almost always admit there’s a problem with the bridge.
In the article “Pandemic ‘exposed what a problem we have on our hands’ in U.S. nursing homes” (April 23, TribLIVE), the “bridge” in question was our long-term care continuum, including nursing homes. President Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, declared there was a “problem” with our country’s nursing homes then moved on to the next issue.
Dementia wards in Pennsylvania hard-hit during the COVID-19 pandemic
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
A person enters The Birches at Newtown assisted living facility, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Newtown, Pa. The deaths at the home and many others across Pennsylvania highlight the dangers that residents with dementia faced during the coronavirus pandemic and a state oversight system that imposed few protections during the worst of the crisis. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)AP
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By Sean D. Hamill | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH (AP) In the weeks before she died of COVID-19 in the dementia unit of a suburban Philadelphia personal care home, Barbara Demech often lamented about the Alzheimer’s disease that began gripping her mind a decade earlier.