CT Nursing Home Officials Bristle at Lamont Suggestion to Send Hospital Patients to Nursing Facilities
When the number of positive coronavirus cases sailed past 400 this week, Gov. Ned Lamont declared he had found additional beds to help aid the crush of patients expected to…
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New York Tells Nursing Homes They’ll Need to Take Coronavirus Patients Discharged from Hospitals, Report Says
New York told nursing-home operators that they will be required to accept patients infected with the new coronavirus who are discharged from hospitals but may be still convalescing, amid more…
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Hospitals Consider Universal Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Coronavirus Patients
Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are engaged in a heated private debate over a calculation few have encountered in their lifetimes — how to weigh the “save…
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Older Patients Stranded in Hospitals as Nursing Homes Turn Them Away over Coronavirus
Carl Schoen’s 99-year-old mother has lived in a nursing home for five years and on March 13, she was taken to the emergency room at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena…
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Former Employees at Alabama Nursing Home Arrested for Elder and Sexual Abuse
Two former employees of the Marshall Manor Nursing Home in Guntersville have been indicted with multiple counts of abuse and misconduct.
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Coronavirus News: Pennsylvania Relaxes Medical Marijuana Restrictions
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has instituted a series of temporary actions to assist patients requiring medical marijuana during the coronavirus pandemic.
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First Responders Find Missing Pennsylvania Nursing Home Patient
Wareham Police responded to Tremont Nursing Home for an alarm activation and a missing patient on Saturday, March 21 at around 1:25 a.m.
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Sick Staff Fueled Outbreak in Seattle-Area Care Centers
Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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Stranger Visits Coronavirus Patient at Epicenter of Outbreak
Susan Hailey, 76, had an unexpected visitor Friday, according to her daughters.
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Hong Kong Study Shows Best Practices Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID-19
Health systems can protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak when best practices for infection control are diligently applied along with lessons learned from recent outbreaks, according to a study…
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