Nearly 60% of the nursing home’s residents now have coronavirus. Regular federal inspections of nursing homes lead to an overall rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Abbott is not the only nursing home with a high COVID-19 infection rate that has been cited for serious deficiencies. “The epicenter truly is in our nursing homes,” SEIU Healthcare 1199 President Rob Baril has said, adding the situation is “absolutely cratering. In the nursing homes hit hard by COVID-19, 22% had below average staffing capacity, compared to 7% in the nursing homes without the disease.