Japan has the world’s oldest population. Yet it dodged a coronavirus crisis at elder-care facilities.
8/30/20
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from The Washington Post,
8/30/20:
Japan’s more positive experience may offer important lessons for the entire industry as it reviews policies and protocols for the next possible world health crisis.
– Experts point to a higher priority given to elderly care within society, stronger measures already in place at care homes to prevent infections and high standards of hygiene.
– “Japan’s elderly care facilities have taken great care in protecting the elderly, not just from this virus but from norovirus, influenza and other germs…”
– Perhaps surprisingly, staffers don’t usually wear face masks.
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