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Under pressure, Florida identifies senior-living homes with coronavirus cases

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AdvertisementBy South Florida Sun SentinelApr 19, 2020 at 8:39 pmAfter refusing for weeks, the state of Florida reversed course Saturday and released the names of 303 nursing homes and assisted-living facilities with cases of the coronavirus.The list, from the news media, included only the facilities’ names. It did not show the number of cases at each facility or whether they involved residents, staff or both.AdvertisementIncluded on the list were 39 facilities in Broward County, 54 in Miami-Dade County and 36 in Palm Beach County.Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the decision to release the names in Tallahassee, after pressure from advocates for the elderly and the threat of legal action from media organizations.AdvertisementThe facilities are required to notify residents, staff and residents’ family members of any cases at their facilities, the governor said, and the decision to make the names public ensured that was done.As it happensGet updates on developing stories as they happen with our free breaking news email alerts. &gt; (If you can’t view the document above, .)“I don’t want to be in a situation where the families don’t know, so that’s going to be part of what is put out publicly,” he said during the news conference. “So they’re working on doing that, and I think that will be a positive step forward.”The facilities have emerged as centers of infection, with at facilities whose names became known, such as Atria Willow Wood of Fort Lauderdale. A total of 1,627 cases are known to exist among the facilities’ residents and staff, the governor said.The Miami Herald, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel and several other media outlets had threatened legal action to force the state to release the names of the facilities.The state had previously argued that releasing the names would violate the federal law protecting patient confidentiality. But the newspapers argued that the law didn’t apply, since they weren’t seeking the names of individual patients, just the facilities.LeadingEdge Florida, a trade group for senior facilities, said it supported the decision to release the names.“COVID-19 remains a rapidly-spreading virus with known community spread and because of this, transparency regarding the locations and names of facilities where cases have been confirmed is critical to public health and safety,” said the organization’s president, Steve Bahmer. “The health and well-being of residents and staff at senior living communities across the state has always been, and continues to be, our members’ top priority.” Advertisement

AdvertisementBy South Florida Sun SentinelApr 19, 2020 at 8:39 pmAfter refusing for weeks, the state of Florida reversed course Saturday and released the names of 303 nursing homes and assisted-living facilities with cases of the coronavirus.The list, from the news media, included only the facilities’ names. It did not show the number of cases at each facility or whether they involved residents, staff or both.AdvertisementIncluded on the list were 39 facilities in Broward County, 54 in Miami-Dade County and 36 in Palm Beach County.Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the decision to release the...

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