Because of its failures during the “pandemic”

The role of the elderly in America faces a growing number of lawsuits

Care homes lacked personal protective equipment at the start of the epidemic.

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Two years after the spread of the coronavirus, in nursing homes, American families have filed lawsuits against these institutions, accusing them of negligence that led to the death of their loved ones.

Relatives of the victims accuse nursing homes of failing, to a large extent, to properly limit the spread of "Covid-19", and to identify infected elderly people and treat their diseases.

The New York nursing home conglomerate says much of the devastation caused by the virus, especially in the chaotic early days of the pandemic, was out of its control. Officials pointed to staff shortages, inadequate testing supplies, face masks, and other personal protective equipment;

As well as state policy that forces these facilities to accept people who have tested positive for the coronavirus.

In the first months of the epidemic, New York was a center of infection with the Corona virus, and nursing homes in the state were exposed to a deadly wave.

By May 2020, less than two months after the first presumed death of "Covid-19", in a nursing home in New York, the epidemic had killed more than 6,500 residents of the homes, according to official statistics.

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in New York over the past month, and it's not the only hotspot for litigation.

In Illinois, Levin & Perconti, a Chicago plaintiffs firm that focuses on nursing homes and medical malpractice litigation, says it filed 78 cases in the month of March alone.

"It will be a losing battle," said the company's founder, Stephen Levine.

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