COVID-19 exposure-related claim against a long-term care home if the provider made an “honest” or “good faith” effort to act in accordance with public health guidelines.In response to the legislation, critics argued it will make it harder for families to hold long-term care providers responsible for illness or death related to exposure to COVID-19.“It’s just not fair, not fair to families.
We need to have answers and accountability,” said Jeff Shabes who lost his mother, Malvina “Visia” Shabes, to the virus on Nov.
10.“My mom survived the holocaust, but couldn’t survive COVID and I’m convinced more could have been done.”Jeff said his 91-year-old mother spent the last year of her life at 147 Elder St.