I’m enjoying hearing your take on these things …. Too often “national averages” skew the nation’s perceptions on what’s happening on the ground . The truth is local.
As the owner of an Assisted Living Community, the issue of COVID deaths and how to count them has largely been up to the local Health Department’s interpretation.
In a facility where our average resident is over 85 we can expect a certain number to pass from all of the usual maladies associated with extreme age.
While some deaths were deemed attributable to COVID, we did not experience a greater mortality overall within the population of the facility.
Interestingly, due to increased masking and visitation control, the incidence of Influenza and death as a result was dramatically reduced
I’m enjoying hearing your take on these things …. Too often “national averages” skew the nation’s perceptions on what’s happening on the ground . The truth is local.
As the owner of an Assisted Living Community, the issue of COVID deaths and how to count them has largely been up to the local Health Department’s interpretation.
In a facility where our average resident is over 85 we can expect a certain number to pass from all of the usual maladies associated with extreme age.
While some deaths were deemed attributable to COVID, we did not experience a greater mortality overall within the population of the facility.
Interestingly, due to increased masking and visitation control, the incidence of Influenza and death as a result was dramatically reduced