Nursing Home

Auburn, New York: The Commons on St. Anthony nursing home, a 300-bed care facility, reportedly had zero deaths from Covid-19 prior to December 29th. After the nursing home began administering the Covid-19 vaccine on December 22, 2020, they reported that 24 people died.

Patients could have been housed at the Javits Center or the Navy hospital ship Comfort while in isolation. Cuomo has partially withdrawn his order and now requires that patients test negative for the virus before hospitals can return them to nursing homes. Cuomo has ordered an investigation that is designed to pin the blame on nursing and adult-care facilities.

There are more than 82,000 veterans living in nursing homes across the US. The Medical Foster Home program, launched by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) in 2008, subsidizes American families who open their own doors to senior veterans who can’t live alone.