How Hurricane Sandy Affected East Coast LTC Facilities

The American Health Care Association has been in contact with LTC facilities on the East Coast that were affected by Hurricane Sandy and has these preliminary findings to report:

• About 900 residents were evacuated from facilities in New Jersey 
• 180 nursing home residents were moved from a facility in Long Island to one in Nassau County that was unaffected by the storm 
• Nursing homes in Westerly, Rhode Island and Waterbury, Connecticut also chose to evacuate their residents

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