NURSING HOME SCANDAL UPDATE: PRESS RELEASE - JUSTICE DEPT. REQUESTING DATA FROM GOVERNORS OF STATES THAT ISSUED COVID-19 ORDERS THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS OF ELDERLY NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

PRESS RELEASE 8/26/2020 -Department of Justice Requesting Data From Governors of States that Issued COVID-19 Orders that May Have Resulted in Deaths of Elderly Nursing Home Residents

Data will help inform whether the Department of Justice will initiate investigations under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) regarding New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan’s response to COVID-19 in public nursing homes

Today the Justice Department requested COVID-19 data from the governors of states that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan required nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients to their vulnerable populations, often without adequate testing.

For example, on March 25, 2020, New York ordered: “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to [a nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. [Nursing homes] are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”

“Protecting the rights of some of society’s most vulnerable members, including elderly nursing home residents, is one of our country’s most important obligations,” said Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Eric Dreiband. “We must ensure they are adequately cared for with dignity and respect and not unnecessarily put at risk.” According to the Centers for Disease Control, New York has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States, with 32,592 victims, many of them elderly. New York’s death rate by population is the second highest in the country with 1,680 deaths per million people. READ MORE AT https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-requesting-data-governors-states-issued-covid-19-orders-may-have-resulted

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Updated from NEWS 12 -Families who lost loved ones in nursing homes due to COVID-19 are demanding accountability from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  Local lawmakers are pushing for an independent investigation into Gov. Cuomo's managing of the coronavirus in New York's nursing and care homes. They say Cuomo should be held accountable following a March 25 directive requiring those facilities to allow positive patients back inside. MORE AT http://westchester.news12.com/story/42545860/families-demand-independent-investigation-into-gov-cuomos-managing-of-nursing-homes?minutetv=true

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