They said there was no playbook for dealing with COVID-19 outbreak at nursing homes. There were several.
By Alyshah Hasham and Jesse McLean
The directive also advised: Wherever possible, homes would work with staff to limit the number of facilities they work at “to minimize risk of patients to exposure to COVID-19.” This was only a recommendation, and would not become a mandatory policy until a month later. “This was one of the ways that SARS was getting between facilities,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, head of geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network. “So what did the SARS Commission say back in 2004? We have to end that practice. But we never did — because it would mean we had to fund the system better.”