https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/26/andrew-cuomo-blames-nursing-homes-as-questions-mount-over-coronavirus-directive/
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that nursing homes that could not comply with a March 25 directive requiring them to accept coronavirus patients should have obeyed “regulations” and transferred patients if they could not care for them.
The directive, issued March 25, stated (original emphasis): “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”
On Thursday, Cuomo said he would investigate nursing homes that failed to follow laws and regulations on “separation and isolation policies, staffing policies and inadequate personal protective equipment.”
But nursing homes say that they could not possibly cope on short notice with the state’s sudden demand to care for patients infected with a highly contagious disease.
A reporter asked Cuomo at his press briefing Saturday whether the state department of health should have done more, leading up to the pandemic, to prepare nursing homes and ensure that they had adequate equipment and staff.
Cuomo responded to the question by saying that “no one is to blame,” but added:
The regulations still apply, even though you’re in the middle of a global pandemic. The regulations still apply. And for the nursing homes, one of the central regulations is, if you cannot provide appropriate care for that patient, you must transfer that patient, period. That’s the — that’s the rule. And if you can’t find the place to transfer the patient, then the department of health will find a place to transfer the patient. Another nursing home. another facility.
Critics, however, say that nursing homes were under pressure to accept the patients.
Journalists did not ask Cuomo on Saturday about whether he accepted that the directive may have placed residents at risk, or if he would withdraw the directive.
Cuomo has faced increasing scrutiny over his directive in recent days as mainstream media outlets have woken up to the issue. The New York Times reported Friday that New York, New Jersey, and California have similar policies — and that critics called such policies a “sentence of death” for residents.
NBC News reported Sunday that noting that Connecticut and Massachusetts had a different policy, which set aside specific nursing facilities for coronavirus-only patients.
Conservative radio host and litigator Mark Levin was among the first to question New York’s policy, on March 26. The Wall Street Journal reported the directive the same day, though the rest of the media largely ignored the issue until last week
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[–] ZombiClown 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Wow,sorry about mom.do you have power of attorney? If so force the Dr to prescribe HCQ under Right to try,I know it's tough ,fighting, always fighting with them.Make a list ,zinc,vitamin d,c,b12 so on and tell him the minimum he could do is provide the FDA requirement for these items.He will say that's for the nutritionist,you'll say, "Dr ,you know the patient cannot physically eat the volume of fruits and vegetables needed to absorb the minimum amount,and you outrank the nutritionist,so I'm telling you to prescribe these nutrients as medically necessary and if you do not agree ,I'm telling you she has the right to try them as your regimen has failed to provide results. " GodBless
[–] VotingGodWins 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You are def on spot when you talk about fighting with the nursing homes. my father passed away one year ago. he was in a home for 6 years, with lewy body dementia and we fought with the home constantly over just regular care for him. thank heavens my sister is an RN and could understand the medical side of all of it. it was horrible dealing with them.
[–] rickki6 [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thanks ! yes I have POA, did that with attorney as soon as I moved her back to NY in 2015. She called me one day in the afternoon on her way home from work, she got a job part time when she was 70 after my step fathered passed away. She was 3 blocks from her house, she was living w/my brother at the time, she was lost and panicked., couldn't remember how to get home. she was crying, confused. I said Houston, we have a problem. She retired, packed her shit and moved back to NY. Im going to ask the Dr about Right to Try, thanks for mentioning it. Before corona my mom is healthy as an ox, other than early stage dementia. This virus she had pissed me off! I kept telling the nurses something is wrong, I know my mom. she is too depressed, not in the right state of mind. My brother and sister said same to me and they don't speak to her everyday like I do.