A Perfect Storm

Image credit: Grist / Amelia K. Bates. Article by Nick Tabor. Grist – November 2, 2023.

For Louisiana nursing home residents warehoused during Hurricane Ida, the storm was only the start of a deadly nightmare.

Janice Verdin had no illusions about how bad a nursing home could get. Over her decade and a half as a nurse in south Louisiana, she’d worked in facilities infested with roaches and vermin, buildings where mold took over and staff worked under leaking ceilings. But she felt devoted to the residents, many of whom were poor Medicaid recipients with chronic health conditions. It could be a dirty job, but someone had to do it. […]

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