388 - An Update on COVID-19 In Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities

<p>Across the US, 84% of residents in nursing homes and long-term care facilities are vaccinated for COVID-19, but only 64% of staff. Federal mandates could help but it’s unclear when or how those would be enforced and, in the meantime, the industry is already suffering from a severe staffing shortage. <strong>Dr. David Grabowski</strong>, a health policy researcher and professor at Harvard, talks with Dr. <strong>Josh Sharfstein</strong> about this largely underpaid and overworked group of people, how vaccine mandates could play out, and what can be done to prevent a staffing and care crisis.</p>