Fire Causes Evacuation at Kentucky Nursing Home
Seven residents and staff members of a Kentucky nursing home that caught fire Sunday were taken to a hospital with injuries.
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Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
The San Leandro Hospital emergency department, where nurse Mawata Kamara works, went into lockdown recently when a visitor, agitated about being barred from seeing a patient due to covid-19 restrictions,…
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Feds interview residents, staff at two NJ veterans’ homes where 194 died from COVID-19
Federal investigators descended on two state-run veterans’ homes this week as part of the US government’s investigation into deficiencies in care at the nursing homes that had one of the…
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Residents return to Indiana nursing home after June flood evacuation
Residents of a Bloomington nursing home were able to return to their home facility Tuesday, more than three months after historic flooding forced them to evacuate to a facility in…
Read More »TN Assisted Living Center Evacuated after Mixture of Cleaning Supplies Causes Hazmat Situation
Two cleaning products that were mixed together by an employee resulted in a hazmat response to an assisted living facility on Monday morning, according to the Franklin Fire Department.
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Nursing Home Group Says PA Homes Might Have to Turn People Away
About three-quarters of Pennsylvania long-term care providers who responded to a recent survey say they have limited the number of people they accept, with about half saying they have waiting…
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Applications to Help Make Healthcare Safer in Ambulatory Care and LTC Settings Due Jan. 25
A new AHRQ grant opportunity is available to help make healthcare safer in ambulatory care and long-term care settings. The focus is on implementing evidence-based processes to improve patient safety,…
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New York’s Largest Healthcare Provider Fires 1,400 Employees Who Refused to Get Vaccinated
Northwell Health, which employs more than 76,000 people as New York State’s largest healthcare provider, fired 1,400 of its workers after they refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the…
Read More »Philadelphia hospital employee was killed by coworker who fled and shot two police officers
A 43-year-old certified nursing assistant was fatally shot at a Philadelphia hospital early Monday morning, and the suspect was a coworker of the shooting victim, police said.
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Arrest made in indecent assault of 95-year-old, DA says
A 68-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for alleged elder abuse at an assisted living facility in Lehigh County, District Attorney Jim Martin said.
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