Long-term care providers prepare to fend off COVID-19 lawsuits
Getty Images A healthcare worker prepares to transport a patient into an ambulance at Life Care Center of Kirkland (Wash.) last February. Long-term care providers and their lawyers are preparing to defend the industry against claims of neglect and wrongful death of residents as lawsuits related to the COVID-19 pandemic start being filed nationwide. While plaintiff lawyers say residents are being neglected, defense lawyers say long-term care providers have been working hard to follow changing regulations on testing, personal protective equipment and infection control during a global pandemic t...
Source: modernhealthcare.com