The Baltimore Sun Article: Maryland Shows Higher Risk for Nursing Home Coronavirus Outbreaks and Deep Racial Disparities
The Baltimore Sun has published an article, "Maryland Shows Higher Risk for Nursing Home Coronavirus Outbreaks and Deep Racial Disparities."
The infection rate in Maryland nursing homes is reported as one of the highest known in the nation, according to data compiled by The New York Times, shared with The Baltimore Sun in a reporting partnership. "On top of that, racial disparities observed in the impact of the coronavirus nationwide appear vividly inside nursing homes in Maryland and across the country," the article points out.
Possible reasons are explored for these disparities. The article examines what is being done at the state and at facility-levels, and interviews resident's families, staff, and experts. "Terry Fulmer, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, which is dedicated to improving care of older adults, said the trends are yet another sign of the disparities in health care and outcomes experienced by blacks and Latinos. 'They start off at a disadvantage, and it snowballs throughout their lives,” she said. “It doesn’t stop at the nursing home.'”
To read the article, click here.
To read a related article in The Root, Nursing Homes With High Numbers of Black and Latinx Residents Twice as Likely to Be Hit by COVID-19, click here.
To read a related article in HealthDay, Nursing Homes Are Ground Zero for COVID-19, click here.
