CT Nurses Disciplined for Drug Abuse, Care Lapses, Falling Asleep at Work
Over the past several months, the state Board of Examiners for Nursing has disciplined the following nurses for improper patient care, drug abuse and falsifying license paperwork, among other violations.
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PA County Ordered to Release Nursing Home Plans, COVID-19 Death Records
A Pennsylvania agency has determined that Bucks County must provide access to emergency preparedness plans for state-licensed long-term care homes and “responsive records” for all COVID-19-related deaths in the county.
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Florida Says COVID-19 Tests Are for Long-Term Care Workers
COVID-19 test kits sent to Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities are for employees, not residents, the state said June 16.
Read More »Connecticut Guard Helps Inspect Long-Term Care Facilities
The Connecticut Army and Air National Guard have teamed up with the Department of Public Health to inspect nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout Connecticut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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X-ray of Man’s Genitalia Possibly Shared Online by PA Image Company Employee
Fairview Township Police have opened a criminal case after an imaging company reported an employee may have shared an X-ray of a man’s genitalia on a Facebook group.
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Coronavirus is rapidly spreading in Texas nursing homes, state figures show
Younger Americans have been driving the recent coronavirus surge in Texas — but the virus is now also rapidly spreading in the state’s nursing homes, threatening elderly, frail residents who…
Read More »NY Nursing Home Coronavirus Flare-Up Came after Quarantined Aide Allegedly Ordered Back to Work
A recent coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home in Albany began around the time a nurse’s aide who was in quarantine after traveling out of state allegedly was ordered to…
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Reflections of the Corona Pandemic from a Nursing Home Physician’s View
I work as a physician in two Galilee nursing homes. Since the pandemic outbreak, the effect on the content and nature of my work has been dramatic and all-encompassing.
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AL Governor Awards $18.27 Million for Coronavirus Testing for Alabama Nursing Homes
Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded $18.27 million of the Coronavirus Relief Fund to provide baseline testing for coronavirus and proactive surveillance of the virus for healthcare personnel and residents…
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Chicago hospital loses phone, internet access for 24+ hours
Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago experienced more than a day of internet and phone system downtime last week after a car crash cut out service, according to a July 3…
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