1.0Celebrate Life Magazinehttps://clmagazine.orgWanda Marie Thibodeauxhttps://clmagazine.org/author/wanda-marie-thibodeaux/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://clmagazine.org/topic/end-of-life/nursing-homes-in-crisis-the-covid-19-pandemic-calls-for-a-mindset-shift-about-the-elderly-and-disabled/">Nursing Homes in Crisis: The COVID-19 Pandemic Calls for a Mindset Shift about the Elderly and Disabled</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clmagazine.org/topic/end-of-life/nursing-homes-in-crisis-the-covid-19-pandemic-calls-for-a-mindset-shift-about-the-elderly-and-disabled/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Nursing Homes in Crisis: The COVID-19 Pandemic Calls for a Mindset Shift about the Elderly and Disabled” — Celebrate Life Magazine" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://clmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CLM2020_04_Thibodeaux.jpg1200630Nursing homes are intended to provide a haven of safety and care. But as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage America, those same facilities are now under intense scrutiny regarding quality of service and their potential contribution to the loss of thousands of lives. By the numbers  According to the latest available nursing home data […]