“Nation’s first COVID-19 criminal charges against nursing home operators filed in Massachusetts,” by James M. Berklan,McKnight’s LTC News

Quote:

“Two leaders of a veterans home where 76 patients died due to the coronavirus were criminally charged Friday morning, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. … A grand jury indicted former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh, 50, and former Medical Director Dr. David Clinton, 71, based on their decision to merge two dementia care units, combining COVID-19 positive residents with others who were asymptomatic. Healey said short staffing factored into some of their decision-making process.”

 

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

One more reason not to count on the Veterans Administration for your long-term care plan. For many more reasons, Center for Long-Term Care Reform members can find the list here.