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Dec. 31, 2020 Eight months into the pandemic, Brendan House, a nursing home in Kalispell, Mont., had not had a single resident test positive for the coronavirus. It was an extraordinary feat, given that 40 percent of the deaths from Covid-19 nationwide had occurred in long-term care facilities. For years, Brendan House had received a top five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or C.M.S., the federal agency that oversees nursing homes, and its staff members took pride in looking after the 110 residents. Because the facility was connected to the local hospital, it hadn’t faced the shortages in personal protective equipment or lack of testing and expertise that bedeviled other nursing homes during the pandemic. It seemed to be a model of how to survive a plague. ....
Why nursing homes failed so badly nationwide The problems predate the coronavirus crisis. Here s what the federal government must do. By E. Tammy Kim, New York Times December 31, 2020 12:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: Eight months into the pandemic, Brendan House, a nursing home in Kalispell, Mont., had not had a single resident test positive for the coronavirus. It was an extraordinary feat, given that 40 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 nationwide had occurred in long-term care facilities. For years, Brendan House had received a top five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, the federal agency that oversees nursing homes, and its staff members took pride in looking after the 110 residents. Because the facility was connected to the local hospital, it hadn t faced the shortages in personal protective equipment or lack of testing and expertise that bede ....