[Verified Answer]: Ruby Sanders runs Sunshine Seniors, a…

Ruby Sanders runs Sunshine Seniors, a midsize, respected nursing home in Sarasota, Florida. She has 50 residents ranging in age from 80 to 99, all generally healthy but all on different types of medications and with various levels of mobility issues, ranging from slow motor functions to requiring a wheelchair. Ruby has 15 full-time and 10 part-time employees, as well as a number of contractors, ranging from cleaning and maintenance workers to licensed, registered nurses. All of the food, medications, and supplies for Sunshine Seniors are brought in weekly by local outside vendors. Ruby heard on the national news that there is an epidemic of a brand new virus moving across the United States, affecting all age groups, especially vulnerable seniors. Which of the following is the most likely direct impact of this communicable disease that Ruby can expect at Sunshine Seniors? Negative media attention if Ruby requires employees and residents to wear protective masks at all times A surge in the rates of depression and anxiety diagnosed in residents if a lockdown occurs, because visitors are not allowed Administrative confusion about whether the virus has a vaccine and if the vaccine is mandatory or voluntary Complaints from nursing home residents that contractors might be the ones who brought the virus into the nursing home