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Long-term care facilities struggle to stave off COVID deaths

from Dallas Observer

Long-term care facilities struggle to stave off COVID deaths Dallas Observer The numbers don’t look good for North Texas’ long-term care facilities, where the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on elderly residents and staff. June 15, 19 members of a Plano memory care facility were hospitalized after exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, according to The Dallas Morning News. Since mid-April, Monticello West, a facility in Dallas, has had 21 coronavirus-related deaths; Mesquite’s Edgewood Rehabilitation and Care Center has seen 14. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, nursing homes and assisted living facilities statewide are fighting to keep staff and residents safe. Yet from the outset, a lack of resources has made the task seem Sisyphean to some long-term care advocates. READ MORE

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