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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by bparsons on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:23AM (#23151049)
It is not particularly unusual for a nursing home to see very high death rates around flu season. In the UK, where they have an excellent healthcare system, the average lifespan of a nursing home resident is 2.2 years.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6143238/

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by docbrown on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:48AM (#23151165)
somewhat of a dated article (2010) but the average lifespan of those admitted to nursing homes for EoLC is actually only about six months.[1]

however, some may stay longer, but then they have to worry about their condition worsening and eventually not allowing them to do ADLs (bathing, eating, dressing) on their own. the average length of stay before disablement is close to two years [2]

1: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1532-5415....

2: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/74/6/917/...

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