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Hearing delves into what went wrong in Illinois nursing homes during pandemic

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Hearing delves into what went wrong in Illinois nursing homes during pandemic

The Illinois Department of Public Health was in the hot seat Wednesday during a House committee hearing on nursing home reform.

Nursing homes and long-term care facilities house a small part of the U.S. population, but are estimated to account for about 3 in 10 deaths from COVID-19. IDPH reported 46% of all deaths from COVID-19 in Illinois occurred in long-term care facilities.

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