As the state is again hit with a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities, advocates say the virus' spread is not a surprise – and it is made worse by longstanding issues with staffing and infection control in Kansas nursing homes. It is no secret that nursing homes and other congregate care facilities are at a higher risk for the virus to spread owing to an older population, often with underlying health conditions, assembled together in close quarters. But case counts are ticking up across Kansas, meaning that staff are at a higher risk of bringing the virus with them as they head to work after a trip to the grocery store or picking up a child from school...
