One industry exec says the 7M surgical masks FEMA is sending to nursing homes will provide only 7.7 masks for each staff member. 'Nursing homes now need 20x more PPE than usual,' she said. 'We need more from the federal government.'
Sloan, who was standing in the room when the president made the announcement during a White House event for seniors, says the 7 million surgical masks FEMA is sending to nursing homes will provide only 7.7 masks for each nursing home staff member."Nursing homes now need 20x more PPE than usual," she said."We need more from the federal government."
The shipments to nursing homes are expected to begin the first week of May and finish by mid-June, according to a coronavirus task force document. Documents about the pending shipments specify that each facility will receive an allotment of goggles, masks and gowns based on the staffing size of the facility.industry was also represented at the White House event. A spokesperson told NBC News in an email in response to the announcement,"We appreciate anything we can get.
The shipments, which are intended to"supplement existing PPE efforts by the federal government," will be prioritized for hotspots with the first shipments sent to New York, Northern New Jersey, Boston, Chicago and Detroit. Assisted living facilities, which are home to more than 700,000 elderly Americans and have also been battling coronavirus outbreaks, will not be included in the shipments.
"Nursing homes need more than seven days of PPE," said David C. Grabowski, a professor of health-care policy at Harvard Medical School."This is a good short-term stop gap. However, these shipments will have to be continual for this to be even a medium-term solution. Thus, give the federal government credit for recognizing this issue, but I hope this is the start of a larger initiative.
Trump also announced new guidelines for nursing homes during the Thursday event. He said the administration will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 cases to residents and their families, as well as reporting them directly to the Centers for Disease Control.
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