Nursing Homes Follow Physical Distancing Guidelines While Protecting Residents against Negative Effects of Isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced government, businesses and individuals to adapt to rapidly changing and often unprecedented circumstances.
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OSHA Will Focus Virus Inspections on ‘Imminent Danger’ Sites
Federal workplace safety and health inspectors will focus on sites such as hospitals and other healthcare facilities where there is a high risk of coronavirus infection and specific complaints have…
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Family Threatens Lawsuit against California Nursing Home Where Man Died of Covid-19
Civil rights attorney John Burris said Monday that he’s considering filing a lawsuit against a Hayward facility where an 87-year-old man recently died of the COVID-19 coronavirus even though he…
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Illinois Will Pay Nearly $6.4 Million to the Families of Vets Who Died in State Home
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and families who lost loved ones to Legionnaires’ disease at the state-run Quincy veterans’ home are agreeing to nearly $6.4 million in settlements to end…
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Family Files Wrongful-Death Lawsuit against Ohio Nursing Home Involving Dementia Patient Who Fell Down Embankment
Hayden Thorne walked undetected out of a Parma nursing home early one morning and fell 75 feet down a ravine, records show.
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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Ohio Nursing Home Involving Dementia Patient Who Fell down Embankment
Hayden Thorne walked undetected out of a Parma nursing home early one morning and fell 75 feet down a ravine, records show.
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Michigan Nursing Home COVID-19 Patient asked ‘Alexa’ for Help before Death
In the days leading up to LouAnn Dagen’s death from COVID-19, the Metron of Cedar Springs nursing home patient repeatedly asked her Amazon Echo Show for help with her pain.
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NJ tells nursing homes: Be transparent about coronavirus, or we will out you
After complaints about a lack of transparency regarding outbreaks of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities in New jersey, the state Department of Health is issuing a clear directive on…
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Feds Propose $611,000 Fine at Seattle-area Nursing Home
Federal authorities have proposed a $611,000 fine for a Seattle-area nursing home connected to at least 40 coronavirus deaths.
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Bill Would Raise Fines for Not Reporting Elder Abuse in NJ
A bill is making its way through Trenton would increase fines on care homes and the people they employ, if they fail to report the suspected abuse or exploitation of…
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