INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health revealed Wednesday that at least 31 people have died at 12 Indiana long term care facilities from COVID-19, including nursing homes in Madison and Johnson counties. These deaths account for 15% of all COVID-19 deaths in our state, said ISDH Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box. Box announced […]
While nursing home admissions is on the rise for Black, Latino and Asian elders, admissions for white elders fell 10 percent causing some to ask is there white flight in nursing homes. See also: Americans ‘Very Concerned’ GOP Budget Will Force Elderly From Nursing Homes A new study published in Health Affairs, a journal on health […]
Blacks in nursing homes are more likely than whites to suffer pressure ulcers and damage to bones and muscles due to differences in the quality of care that both groups receive. The disparities arise in homes where there are a number of predominately black or white patients, not that homes are treating whites better than […]
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