Tens of thousands of COVID-19 deaths are linked to assisted living facilities.
The Department of Justice is asking for data from states that required nursing homes to admit that the department alleges „may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.“ The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is also considering whether to begin investigations under the federal „Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.“ In New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the states‘ governors issued orders preventing nursing homes from refusing COVID-19 patients entry, despite the vulnerable populations in nursing homes. But New York has pointed out that their actions did not violate the federal government’s own guidelines.
