More than 50 Iowa nursing homes have experienced a COVID-19 outbreak since the vaccine roll-out in December, and the home with the highest number of outbreaks is run by the state itself.
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Five of the Iowa nursing homes deemed by the government to be among the worst in the nation have met that criteria for at least two years. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department on Aging and Long-Term Care Ombudsman s Office)
Five of the Iowa nursing homes deemed by the government to be among the worst in the nation have met those criteria for at least two years, and one has qualified for four years, according to federal records.
The list of the nation’s worst-performing nursing homes, compiled by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is known as the special-focus facilities list, and is updated quarterly. The special-focus facilities are those deemed by CMS to have “a history of serious quality issues” and they are enrolled in a special program that is intended to stimulate improvements in their quality of care through increased oversight.
Another COVID-19 death has been confirmed in Washington County since Wednesday, bringing its total to 33 deaths.
As of Friday morning, the state coronavirus dashboard shows that Washington County has 2,216 positive cases and 1,804 recoveries, with a 14-day average positive test rate of 13.6%. There are currently three long-term care outbreaks in the county, with Parkview Manor in Wellman reporting 13 positive cases in the last 14 days, Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center of Washington reporting 15, and United Presbyterian Home in Washington reporting six. No new deaths were confirmed since Wednesday for all of Washington’s contiguous counties. Statewide, 194 new deaths have been confirmed in the last week bringing its total to 4,445.