The monetary burden of the coronavirus pandemic has reduced the living margins of older people for months; however, some providers now brazenly wonder how long they can serve without a federal higher point of support.
The federal government is committed to offering something to the paid personal sector, either in the form of increased investment and Covid-19 antigen testing, but as the tension continues and the pandemic shows no signs of slowing down, some providers say it is not. enough. Especially at a time when many of your peers worry about an impending currency failure.
Morningside Ministries, a nonprofit provider based in San Antonio, Texas, with two life plan communities, plans to spend between $30,000 and $60,000 according to the week on Covid-19 trials for citizens and staff in the coming weeks. the long term without some kind of outdoor help, according to Patrick Crump, president and CEO of the organization.
“Our case is that we have about 20 weeks,” Crump said at a LeadingAge press conference on Wednesday. “At worst, we have about 10 weeks of reserves to fund the required tests. “
Friendship Haven, a network of one-site living plans in Fort Dodge, Iowa, is also grapping with the emerging charge of evaluating citizens and Covid-19. And without further federal support, president and CEO Julie Thorson fears that the provider “risks wasting this fight,” jeopardizing the quality of care for its approximately three hundred citizens.
“The tests are fine, but when you can’t afford the evidence or afford to pay for the tests in the long run, it’s a serious problem,” Thorson said. “Do they have an effect on prices in residents? That’s not the answer. “. . . the answer is that we want more federal funds. “
Morningside Ministries and Friendship Haven are just two of the leading providers of housing facilities that are undergoing their current operations in the face of monetary pressures caused by Covid-19. And it is a trend that is also being played in other parts of the country, as suppliers continue to bear a higher testing charge for Covid-19.
For example, Arizona LeadingAge members spend about $ 67,000 a month on non-public protective devices (PPE) and $ 83,000 a month on testing alone, according to Pam Koester, CEO of Arizona LeadingAge. Some long-term care in Oklahoma even spent more on PPE in a month than they did in an entire year before Covid-19, said Mary Brinkley, executive director of LeadingAge Oklahoma.
LeadingAge is a professional organization that represents nonprofit providers for the elderly, such as housing and care.
And while monetary tension is a complicated burden for some suppliers, for others, it’s already a burden they may no longer stand, according to Katie Smith Sloan, President and CEO of LeadAge. Just yesterday, Sloan learned of a third LeadingAge nursing home that is definitive because of the pandemic, and a room that is about to close.
“If those providers continue to close, what will happen to the older people they serve or want them with in the future?”Sloan said. ” The care provided by our members is simply not sustainable without a new federal lifeguard.
Providers are doing their best while waiting for more to be done along the way, but in the meantime, the quality of care is at stake.
For example, some LeadingAge Oklahoma providers of late are unable to meet their five-hour, day-to-day direct care desires, given the significant new penalty rate, regulations, and an ongoing shortage of workers.
“What is going to happen is that there may not be as many direct care staff available, and the staff will handle visitation and regulatory requirements,” Brinkley said. “And at the end of the day, the lives of those citizens will be compromised if we don’t have the right budget and staff. “
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