As the number of natural disasters and extreme weather events increases across the country, the majority staffs of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Special Committee on Aging issued an investigative report on the need to improve emergency preparedness for long-term care facilities. Left in the Dark discusses the winter storms in February 2021 that led to the lengthy power outages in Texas and summarizes findings of the HHS Office of Inspector General on emergency preparedness, based on audits at 154 nursing homes in eight states (California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, and Texas).
March 9, 2023 – T. Edelman