Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine changes direction, at least a little bit, from our typical science-related topics. But it does relate to the coronavirus. Why were nursing homes hit so hard by COVID-19? Our guest is Barbara Bowers, professor and associate dean for research in the School of Nursing at UW-Madison. With some background and […]
Elections Commission Upholds Barring of Election Deputies from Nursing...
Back in March, the Wisconsin Elections Commission barred election deputies from entering nursing homes to help residents cast absentee ballots, citing concerns of spreading Covid-19 to the elderly and disabled. That decision will carry through to the November election. During a meeting of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday, Republican Commissioner Dean Knudson stood by […]
Lives Lost: Nursing Homes and Armed Militias
First up in today’s two-part show, Patrick Woodall from Americans for Financial Reform talks about the problem of private equity firms in the healthcare sector and offers details from his latest co-authored report, “The Deadly Combination Of Private Equity And Nursing Homes During A Pandemic.” Then, Reveal journalist Stan Alcorn tells us about his reporting […]
Wisconsin DHS releases names of nursing homes affected by COVID-19
Yesterday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services released the names of nursing homes that have had a case of COVID-19. Thirty eight across the state are under active investigation, which means at least one resident or staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past four weeks. After that four week period, an investigation […]
Wisconsin nursing homes to receive COVID-19 tests
Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services will be testing every nursing home resident in the state for COVID-19, starting this month. The tests will be free to facility residents. Governor Evers announced the testing plans in a press briefing earlier today. “The state will provide free testing and diagnostics to all 373 nursing homes to test […]
