COVID-19 spurs families to shun nursing homes in a shift that appears long lasting
'Kennedy' host and the Party Panel weigh in on the 5,593-page coronavirus relief bill and its contents. The pandemic is reshaping the way Americans care for their elderly, prompting family decisions to avoid nursing homes and keep loved ones in their own homes for rehabilitation and other care. Americans have long relied on institutions to care for the frailest seniors. The U.S. has the largest number of nursing-home residents in the world. But families and some doctors have been reluctant to send patients to such facilities, fearing infection and isolation in places ravaged by Covid-19, whic...
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