Senior Care Coronavirus News Roundup for Thursday, 4/23

Seniors may exhibit atypical COVID-19 symptoms (CNN)

New York governor didn’t know coronavirus patients were being sent back to nursing homes (New York Post)

Nursing homes still struggling with PPE, testing (CNN)

Cost of pandemic is straining the nursing home industry (New York Times)

Illinois to ramp up testing in nursing homes (WGN9)

Massachusetts data “riddled with inaccuracies” (Boston Globe)

Virginia pledges more tests and support for nursing homes (WHSV3)

“Heroes Work Here” sign displayed at Pennsylvania senior living center (The Reporter)

103rd birthday celebrated outside Kentucky nursing home (Local12)

Jen Carsen

Jen Carsen is the coordinating editor at Plain-English Media; publications include iAdvance Senior Care, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, Strategic Health Care Marketing, and HOAleader.