{"id":7381,"date":"2020-05-01T16:32:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2020-05-01T16:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:32:45","slug":"florida-assisted-living-association-donated-6000-pieces-of-ppe-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/05\/01\/florida-assisted-living-association-donated-6000-pieces-of-ppe-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Assisted Living Association donated 6,000 pieces of PPE gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lakeland\u00a0Commissioner Scott Franklin<\/a>\u00a0was recently contacted by a client who wanted to donate personal protective equipment to assisted living facilities.\u00a0Working with the Florida Assisted Living Association, the donation of 6,000 pieces of PPE gear will go directly to Lakeland area assisted living facilities. These items are in high demand by those working in direct environments impacted by the coronavirus.\u00a0 Franklin said, \u201cWe\u00a0really want to help some of our most vulnerable citizens who are being severely impacted by the coronavirus.\u00a0 Hopefully, this donation will mitigate the spread of the coronavirus inside our assisted living facilities and ultimately save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic first surfaced in the United States, the number of cases and deaths in nursing homes and other long-term care (LTC) facilities has been rising. To date, more than 10,000 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported among long-term care facility residents<\/a>.  In Florida, nearly 400 nursing homes and assisted living facilities have had at least one confirmed case of the highly contagious virus, according to the Florida Department of Health. State data shows 2,225 assisted living residents have tested positive for the virus and 1,130 staff members. That also means long-term care facilities account for at least 1 in 10 of the total known coronavirus cases in the state. Closer to home, 15 of Polk County\u2019s 22 coronavirus related fatalities were people older than 80, according to the latest Department of Health update<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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