Barb Freeman, left, a resident at McAuley Residence nursing home, chats with Ann Raymond, a registered nurse, on a patio outside the facility in Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
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Carl Brant, and his wife Vanise, of Aberdeen, N.C., visit from outside with his mother Dutchie Brant, a rehabilitation patient at McAuley Residence nursing home in Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
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Bob Bruenn, director of plant operations at McAuley Residence, and Chris Fineberg, director of social work, attach butterflies to a tree outside the nursing home in the Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
Long before Covid-19 killed more than 6,400 nursing home residents in New York State, understaffing was a chronic problem at long-term care facilities.
Barb Freeman, left, a resident at McAuley Residence nursing home, chats with Ann Raymond, a registered nurse, on a patio outside the facility in Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
Carl Brant, and his wife Vanise, of Aberdeen, N.C., visit from outside with his mother Dutchie Brant, a rehabilitation patient at McAuley Residence nursing home in Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
Bob Bruenn, director of plant operations at McAuley Residence, and Chris Fineberg, director of social work, attach butterflies to a tree outside the nursing home in the Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
