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One change that could help nursing homes recover from COVID-19 fears and become safer places for aging parents

  • Written by Bianca Frogner, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington
One change that could help nursing homes recover from COVID-19 fears and become safer places for aging parentsLow pay for nursing home workers has contributed to high staff turnover.BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Two weeks after the first U.S. case of COVID-19 was identified in Snohomish County, Washington, in early 2020, my dad had a stroke at his home just across Puget Sound. More COVID-19 cases were about to surface at a nearby skilled...

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