Italy's nursing homes, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which claimed the lives of thousands of residents, face financial pressures that threaten to put many out of business and create a fresh elderly care crisis.
MILAN - Italy’s nursing homes, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which claimed the lives of thousands of residents, face financial pressures that threaten to put many out of business and create a fresh elderly care crisis.
“In October, unless something happens that allows us to fill empty beds, and unless we get some help with the extraordinary costs we have taken, we’ll have to file for bankruptcy,” said Walter Montini, head of an association for 30 care homes in the region around Cremona.The COVID-19 outbreak has taken a heavy toll on nursing homes ever since the disease first emerged in Lombardy in late February.
Although no precise mortality figures exist due to problems with testing, a survey of 577 care homes by Italy’s top health institute, the Istituto Superiore di Sanita, found that of 3,859 deaths in February and March, 1,443 had COVID-19-like symptoms. “Managing a disease like that is impossible for us. My family and my two sisters can’t do it any more. I’ve asked so many homes in Bergamo and the answer’s the same everywhere: No.”The crisis could have a major economic impact, given the sector employs some 185,000 people and generates annual revenues of around 13 billion euros , according to industry associations.
Apart from those homes that took in coronavirus patients, nursing homes have been forbidden to take in new arrivals since the start of the crisis when they were locked down to protect vulnerable residents. FILE PHOTO: Guests of a nursing home are seen in a room, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Capralba, near Cremona, Italy May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
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