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A nursing home’s 64-day Covid siege: ‘They’re all going to die’.

June 24, 2020

Barker K. New York Times. 2020;June 10.

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This feature story describes the COVID-19 experience at one nursing home and discusses how the infection progressed through the institution and challenged effective care management. Family perceptions of process and care problems provide important insights for improvement.

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