Pennsylvania

Because of his dementia, we're not able to care for my brother at home any more. He requires round-the-clock supervision now.

So the nursing home is pretty much like the others - good at some things, and barely adequate at other things. Since April there have been 3 instances of someone on staff having Covid (testing positive). The nursing home immediately informs the families of their patients that they're in quarantine and no visitors are allowed for 2 weeks. Twice now, the 2 weeks' quarantine extended to 4 weeks when a 2nd infection came up while the first one was ending.

I must say that the nursing home has been diligent about notifying families and interested parties about the infections. But it's extremely disconcerting that these infections are even happening. Why aren't these trained medical people more careful about social distancing? Are they even vaccinated? (We don't know!) Staff members wear masks while on duty, when they interact with patients and visitors, because I've seen them in masks. However when they're off-duty there's no way to know.

It's scary knowing that my brother and other patients are at the mercy of people who may not be cautious of their own health, and it could lead to infection of the patients in the nursing home.