In an exclusive interview, Lucci and AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins discuss the challenges facing America's nursing homes amid the coronavirus pandemic—and what readers can do to help loved ones in care facilities.
"We've been working directly with nursing homes," says AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins."And we've also been pursuing it at a national and gubernatorial level, getting states and the national government to pass laws that establish greater standard of care that everyone should have available to them if they're in a nursing home.
I'm lucky to have my mother in a facility where I can speak to her several times a week on camera, so she sees me and I see her. Jo Ann, what are the six questions you encourage people to ask of the nursing homes their loved ones live in?We say that everyone should be able to answer these six questions: Has anyone in your nursing home tested positive for COVID-19, whether it's frontline staff or one of the patients? What are they doing to prevent infection and the spread of the disease? Is the facility at full staffing levels for nurses, aides, and other workers so that residents' needs can be met? Does all that...
Speaking of advocating for others, Jo Ann, what do you think the next steps are for advocating for vulnerable older populations beyond this COVID-19 crisis?We've been working on nursing home issues throughout our 60-year history, and we're often out there talking about the importance of long-term care and care facilities. But over 85 percent of our members have also said, even before COVID-19, that they want to age in their own home.
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