Posted on 05/12/2020 2:53:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Deaths in care homes made up 40.4% of the overall number of coronavirus fatalities across England and Wales in the week to 1 May.
According to the Office for National Statistics, there were 8,312 coronavirus-related deaths in care homes in England and Wales during that period.
COVID-19 was mentioned on a third of all 17,953 death certificates in the two countries that week.
The Office for National Statistics' death total since the start of the outbreak - 33,337 - is also still 6,495 higher than the Department for Health's figures during the same period.
However, the total number of fatalities with COVID-19 on death certificates in England and Wales did decrease for a second consecutive week.
And for the first time, there was a decrease in all regions on the previous week and London did not account for the biggest share - that went to the South East.
There were 966 coronavirus-related deaths in the region, making up 16% of the total, although the capital is still the biggest contributor to the overall figure at 40.2% of all fatalities linked to the disease.
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My wife used to work in a long-term care facility as a nurse.
Long-term care in this nation is a 3/4 of a Trillion dollar industry. Yet, she found that most of the management was terrible. Instead of managing, they barricaded themselves in their offices and avoided other employees and the residents at all costs. Most of the orderlies didn't do their jobs, and that left even more burdens on nurses who might have had to manage 20-30 patients on their floor, including dispensing medication. The patients suffered, and the nurses did their best to cope.
As I get on in years, I hope and pray I am able to avoid long-term care facilities. I'd rather get older and die at home.
I’d rather drop dead of a heart attack at 80, than go into a nursing home.
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