Keeping the coronavirus out of long-term care facilities and keeping their staff healthy is a major challenge for health care providers.
Doug Ekeren, a regional president for Avera Health, says they test residents and staff at their facilities often, but it is expensive….

Ekeren says the virus impacts long term care facilities differently than hospitals.

Ekeren says they need help to keep their residents and staff healthy and safe…

The majority of the deaths from COVID-19 in the state are in residents seventy and older.