When Kathryn Kindopp heads to work each day, it feels like 2020 again. The administrator at Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland said she and her staff still wear N-95 masks and other personal-protective equipment, including disposable clothing covers and goggles in some cases. They regularly test themselves for COVID-19. Outside entertainers or community groups coming to visit residents remain scarce because of ongoing stringent requirements related to the viral disease. “If you hadn’t been in a nursing home, you would think that the world has almost gone back to normal. But in a nursing home it looks like we’re at the height of COVID,” Kindopp said. “Not much has changed in nursing homes since the height of the pandemic.”
