Nursing Home Association Asks For $10 Billion In Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds
A trade organization called the impact on long-term care facilities "devastating." The money would be used for personal protective gear, salaries for more staff, and hazard pay.
With more than 11,000 resident deaths, nursing homes have become the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis. Now, they're asking the federal government for help — $10 billion worth of help.
The American Health Care sent this week to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, they ask for the federal government to designate relief funding from the CARES Act for nursing homes the way it has for hospitals.
