COVID Death Rates are Way Down. Now Comes the Hard Part

February 26, 2021 by McKnight's Long Term Care News

If you have ever been a parent of a young child, you undoubtedly have endured the mile-long question.

“Dad, can I stay up a little longer — pleasepleasepleasepleasepleeeeeease?”

“Mom, can I go to Tommy’s? CanI?CanI?CanI?CanI?CanI?HisparentssaiditwouldbeOK!CanI?”

Whether or not you’ve been a parent, if you run a nursing home, you’re liable to be experiencing a version of it soon. If you haven’t already.

The incredible drop in nursing home COVID-19 infections and deaths recently is jacking up expectations like a mouthful of Starburst candy in a child just before bedtime.

Residents are getting vaccinated in large percentages and an increasing number of their family members are too. After a year of good behavior, it’s only natural that they will start hitting you with questions about when normal visits can resume.

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