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AARP Urges Congress to Better Protect America's Nursing Homes against 'COVID-19'
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(Suggested Anchor Intro):
Deaths from "COVID-19"
in nursing-homes have reached over 52-thousand, nationwide--according to a
new analysis from "Kaiser Family Foundation". [Name],
of "A-A-R-P [State]", says...
(STATE SPOKESPERSON; SOUNDBITE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY):
"OUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND SPOUSES--WHO WORKED HARD AND BUILT THIS
COUNTRY--ARE DYING IN RECORD NUMBERS. THEY'RE DYING SCARED, ALONE, AND AWAY FROM
LOVED-ONES--OFTEN BEFORE THEIR TIME. STATES CANNOT FIGHT THIS BATTLE ALONE:
CONGRESS MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION, TO STEM THE LOSS OF LIFE. THEY MUST ENSURE [THAT] ALL LONG-TERM-CARE FACILITIES REGULARLY TEST RESIDENTS AND STAFF; HAVE
'PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT'; PUBLICLY REPORT 'COVID-19'-CASES AND -DEATHS, DAILY; AND FACILITATE VIRTUAL VISITS, BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES."
(Suggested Anchor Bridge):
Esther Neville's brother died of
"COVID-19" in assisted-living--and her sister lives in a nursing-home.
She says...
(NEVILLE):
"I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY BROTHER, CHRIS--WHO DIED OF
'COVID-19' ON APRIL 7TH, IN ASSISTED-LIVING. THAT MADE ME FIGHT EVEN HARDER FOR MY SISTER,
CAROL--WHO IS BEDBOUND, AND WAS LIVING IN A NURSING-HOME WITH VERY LITTLE STAFF OR
'P-P-E', AND NO TESTING. NOBODY DESERVES THIS HORROR."
(Suggested Anchor Tag):
"A-A-R-P" has resources to help families with loved-ones in
nursing-homes--at "a-a-r-p"-dot-org-slash-"nursing-homes".
Dana Kennedy,
of AARP Arizona (:31)
Anna Doroghazi,
of AARP Connecticut (:32)
Mike Festa,
of AARP Massachusetts (:40)
Beth
Finkel,
of AARP New York (:44)
Holly Holtzen,
of AARP Ohio (:39)
Teresa Arnold,
of AARP South Carolina (:41)
