Avoidable: David Grabowski’s Take on the Pandemic’s Impact on Nursing Homes

Susan Ryan sits down with David Grabowski, PhD,
professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School.
As a longtime researcher in the long-term care field, Dr.
Grabowski has dedicated his career to shaping policy and
making a difference in the lives of elders. Recently, he was
part of a research team that studied the characteristics of
nursing homes impacted by the coronavirus in order to
understand which were more likely to experience an
outbreak of COVID-19 cases.

In this episode, Ryan and Dr. Grabowski discuss his
observations on the impact of social isolation as a result of
the ban on family visitation to nursing homes and why he
believes that staff have the most dangerous jobs in
America.

Dr. Grabowski also unpacks his observations about the
factors that have shown to indicate the likelihood of an
outbreak and what must be done to address the systemic
flaws to mitigate the spread of the infection.

If you want to keep up with the latest research and insights
on long-term care and COVID-19, follow Dr. Grabowski on
Twitter here: @DavidCGrabowski