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Originally Posted by Daryl_G
Where do you send them?
It’s a simple question that no one has yet to answer. Florida has the same policy as Michigan and NY BTW. In fact it is the general rule unless specified by the states emergency plan, so your state is likely doing the same thing.
I don’t have an answer, hospitals cannot hold people forever. Longer elderly stay in the hospital the worse their outcomes get, well researched and the reason the policy is discharge back as soon as possibly Normally.
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Exactly. Where do you send a nursing home resident that isn't sick enough to require hospitalization?
The answer is that you send them to facilities with the space/staff to handle them according to approved protocol.
What would the detractors have happen to them instead? Leave them in homes that aren't big enough to quarantine them from other residents and that don't have enough staff to use separate staff for caregiving? Sounds like a much better solution.
Just dump them on a curb somewhere?
What's the "right" answer?
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