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Originally Posted by MG1
There are care homes and there are care homes. Privately run ones, state run ones and hybrids. My mother in law is in a facility that has one side private and one side government run/subsidized. She is in the government run side. The privately run side is a freaking joke/nightmare. Visitors coming in and out, patients outside chilling, etc. The government run side is totally the opposite. The first two cases of Covid started on the private side. We were assured it was contained and there were no worries. Then it spread. Now a case popped up on my mother in law's side. It was only a matter of time. It was suggested by someone that care homes need to have rapid testing for all care workers and staff. No visitors allowed, no matter what. Yeah, it's not going to be popular, but death is pretty permanent. If a slew of vaccines are on their way, just hang on for a little while longer. Seeing a loved one once to end up dying and possibly sentencing others to their death........... nuff said.
On a side note. Most of these private facilities are owned and operated by foreign investors. It's all about money. Another can of worms.
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The government could subsidize testing for private run care homes, and impose stricter regulations on them. They could also subsidize pay increases for the employees for their hardship of those measures.
It seems that they're just basically enacting equal regulation across the board which doesn't make sense when clearly not all demographics are effected equally.
If 80% of the deaths are coming out of care homes, there should be at least a somewhat closer ratio of funds and focus toward them.