{"id":22354,"date":"2024-01-23T07:46:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22354"},"modified":"2024-01-23T07:46:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:46:22","slug":"whats-indoor-air-quality-like-in-long-term-care-facilities-during-wildfires-worse-than-youd-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22354","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Indoor Air Quality Like in Long-Term Care Facilities During Wildfires? Worse Than You\u2019d Think."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Kylie Mohr for KFF Health News) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke into the sky. When that smoke blows into southwestern Idaho\u2019s Treasure Valley, it blankets Boise-area residents in dirty air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They include seniors living in long-term care facilities, many of whom are considered an at-risk population for smoke exposure because of respiratory or cardiac diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn astonishing amount of smoke gets inside these facilities,\u201d said Luke Montrose, an environmental toxicologist and researcher at Colorado State University. Data from monitors Montrose installed in four Idaho long-term care facilities in 2020 showed that large amounts of smoke pollution recorded outside during wildfire season seeped into the facilities. One building let in 50% of the particulate matter outside; another, 100%. In some cases, Montrose said, \u201cit was no better to be inside than to be outside during those smoke events.\u201d  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/indoor-air-quality-nursing-homes-long-term-care-risks\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/indoor-air-quality-nursing-homes-long-term-care-risks\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"17\" class=\"wp-image-21118\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. 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