Nursing Home Neglect Was a Growing Problem Before the Pandemic By Pablo Luna / Sunday, 18 Jul 2021 08:27PM Although no groups were entirely safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been well-reported that some were at greater risk than others. For example, elderly people in nursing homes were particularly vulnerable to the illness. Their lessened ability to fight off a virus, combined with the fact that living in a nursing home puts one at risk of being exposed to multiple potentially infected people every day, accounts for the high rate of Covid-19 among nursing home residents. Georg Arthur Pflueger @knurpselknie However, Covid-19 wasn’t the only threat to elderly residents of nursing homes during the pandemic. Early reports indicate the rate of nursing home neglect and abuse incidents rose sharply in 2020 and early 2021.