Date: January 7 2021
Summary:
Keywords: ##zettel #pandemic #covid #nursing #homes #archive
M. K. Chen, J. Chevalier, and E. Long, "," National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, w27608, Jul. 2020. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3386/w27608">10.3386/w27608</a>.
A survey from 2012 notes that 19% of nursing assistants and 13% of RNs hold a second job. [1]
A study by New York State concluded nursing home workers were likely the main source of transmission in nursing homes.Roughly one-quarter of nursing home workers in the state tested positive for the virus. [2]
Geolocation data from 501,503 smartphones was observed in at least one nursing home across the US.5.1% who spend > 1hr in a nursing home were found to spend > 1 hr in at least one other nursing home. Directly followed the 11-week period after the March 13th nationwide restriction on nursing home visitors.
Staff working across multiple nursing homes locations were three times likely to be infected than single home staff. [3]
Zelko, Jacob. Nursing Home Staff Networks and COVID-19. https://jacobzelko.com/01072021061204-nursing-home-staff. January 7 2021.
[1] C. H. Van Houtven, N. DePasquale, and N. B. Coe, “Essential long-term care workers commonly hold second jobs and double-or triple-duty caregiving roles,” J. Am. Geriatr. Soc., 2020.
[2] New York State Department of Health, “Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis,” New York State Department of Health, Jul. 2020.
[3] S. N. Ladhani et al., “Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in staff working across different care homes: Enhanced CoVID-19 outbreak investigations in London care Homes,” J. Infect., vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 621–624, 2020.