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More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, we aren't certain how many Ohio nursing home workers died of COVID-19. COVID-19 made working in a nursing home one of the deadliest jobs in America, according to an analysis of federal data by Scientific American magazine. Nursing home staffers had a higher death rate in 2020 than logging workers did in 2019, Scientific American found. The only group that had a higher death rate in 2019 were fishers. “It just leaves me speechless,” said Meghan Finegan, assistant communications director for Service Employees International Union, ...

Ohio caregivers left out of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility despite duties to seniors Ellen Hine, Cincinnati Enquirer © Albert Cesare / The Enquirer Guselyn Bobb, 58, helps her mother, Lena Bobb, 87, with her lunch on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 at their home in the Pleasant Run Farm neighborhood of Springfield Township. Guselyn Bobb said she had been trying to get her mother vaccinated for about two months and that her primary care physician was able to secure a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for her, which was administered on Thursday, Feb. 25. Bobb has been unable to be vaccinated desp...

Families of residents in Ohio’s nursing homes, assisted living and developmental disability homes are urgently awaiting a return of in-person visitin

Ohio families await nursing home visiting rule changes with signs of hope

A presentation for Ohio legislators discussed COVID-19 data reported by nursing homes as well as AARP's assessment of long-term care in the state.