Boston Globe: Before coronavirus, 2 out of 3 Mass. nursing homes broke the rules for preventing outbreaks

Boston Globe: Before coronavirus, 2 out of 3 Mass. nursing homes broke the rules for preventing outbreaks

April 9, 2020
Boston Globe: Before coronavirus, 2 out of 3 Mass. nursing homes broke the rules for preventing outbreaks
by Matt Rocheleau & Robert Weisman

But with nursing homes now turning away visitors, Alison Weingartner, executive director of the Massachusetts Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, said she worried about a lack of accountability.
“There’s less eyes on them,” she said. “Now that family members can’t get in, that’s exacerbated the problem and the ombudsmen can’t get in, either — so who is watching them?”