IMPACT Principal Investigator Vince Mor, PhD is among the experts interviewed for a new documentary from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) which explores the reasons theCOVID-19 pandemic has so severely impacted long-term care (LTC) and nursing facilities across the United States. What COVID-19 Exposed in Long-Term Care analyzes the challenges LTC facilities have faced since the pandemic swept the world early this year, including the blame placed on individual long term care facilities and front-line healthcare workers amidst so many systemic shortcomings.

The 20-minute documentary features commentary from public health professionals from across the United States, including Mor. Public health officials interviewed in the documentary attribute the virus’s severe impact on LTC facilities to the vulnerable health of the residents coupled with years of inadequate funding, lack of infection management resources, and the limited response from health systems and public health authorities.

Increased understanding about how this virus and pandemic impacts LTC facilities, underscore the importance for researchers and healthcare workers to find long-term solutions to the disparities that impact this population. Watch the documentary here to learn more about how this public health crisis is affecting older populations and LTC facilities, and how to help find solutions for the inequities within these populations.