More Than 65% of Nursing Homes May Close This Year

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14. Likely talking about Skilled Nursing Facilities. Hard to say definitively.

One thing that bugs me about The US (and I only say this because it is the experience I have) is that our language and terminology is so vague and muddy. The article talks about the The American Healthcare Association and the National Center for Assisted Living, but then they talk about people put out of "nursing homes" having to go to Assisted Living, and the fact that Medicare doesn't cover Assisted Living so poor people are going to be SOL. It is confusing to me, and I work in protective services so I have a good amount of experience with the different types of elder care facilities.

We need to have a better discussion about the issue AND we need WAY WAY more infrastructure. This is going to become a serious crisis in the next 5 to 10 years.

Where I work, we have had at least 2 Skilled nursing facilities and 2 Assisted Living communities start to buckle under the weight of COVID-19.