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iluvtennis

(19,850 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:26 PM Oct 2020

40 Dead, Now 40 Laid Off: Inside a Nursing Home in Crisis

The New York Times@nytimes·22h
Six months ago, this nursing home in Staten Island was one of the deadliest places in New York City, with 40 residents dying in the course of a month. Now the workers who risked their lives to care for them are facing a new fear: losing their jobs.





https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/nyregion/nursing-home-workers-pandemic-jobs.html

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So sad...my heart goes out to these nursing home workers.
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40 Dead, Now 40 Laid Off: Inside a Nursing Home in Crisis (Original Post) iluvtennis Oct 2020 OP
Tragic balloons. Harker Oct 2020 #1

Harker

(14,012 posts)
1. Tragic balloons.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:31 PM
Oct 2020

As a former worker in an assisted living facility, I can feel the multi-layered heartbreak.

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