Guests of a nursing home watch television, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Capralba, Italy, on May 22 2020. Picture: REUTERS/FLAVIO LO SCALZOItaly’s nursing homes, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which claimed the lives of thousands of residents, face financial pressures that threaten to put many out of business and create a fresh elderly care crisis.
“We all came under a lot of pressure from Lombardy regional government to take in Covid patients. We were at our wits’ end,” said Mariuccia Rossini, head of industry association Agespi. With one of the oldest populations in Europe, Italy is acutely dependent on care homes to help families cope with looking after elderly relatives. Industry associations estimate the waiting list for places stands at 100,000.
The crisis could have a major economic impact, given the sector employs 185,000 people and generates annual revenues of €13bn, according to industry associations. Apart from those homes that took in coronavirus patients, nursing homes have been forbidden to take in new arrivals since the start of the crisis when they were locked down to protect vulnerable residents.
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