Market Intelligence Resource | April 27, 2020
Broad-Based Testing Could Prevent ‘Heartbreaking’ Spread Of COVID-19, Operator Says, Based On Experience
By Lois A. Bowers, McKnight's Senior Living
Broad-based COVID-19 testing should be made available immediately for residents and workers in senior living communities and nursing homes to address the current “heartbreaking” spread of disease in long-term care, a senior living executive said after rapidly deployed testing in one of his company’s senior living communities showed positive preventive results.
Nisan Harel, vice president of operations at Seattle-based Era Living, said he is pleading with local, state and federal government officials to make such testing available.
“We know that elderly individuals, and those who care for . . .
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