Covid Cases Plummet 83% among Nursing Home Staffers despite Vaccine Hesitancy
After the rollout of covid vaccines, the number of new covid cases among nursing home staff members fell 83% — from 28,802 for the week ending Dec. 20 to 4,764…
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At Illinois’ biggest nursing home, workers and residents still not vaccinated against COVID-19
Nearly three months into COVID-19 vaccination efforts in nursing homes, workers and residents at Illinois’ largest skilled-nursing facility have yet to be offered shots.
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MI Nursing Home Employee Caught Sexually Abusing 83-Year-Old on Cam by Patient’s Son
An employee of an assisted living facility in Minnesota has been charged with sexually assaulting an 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, an attack that was witnessed remotely by the victim’s son, who…
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AL families still struggling to see loved ones in nursing homes due to COVID-19 restrictions
Nearly a year after visitation restrictions were put into place at nursing homes across Alabama due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many families continue to struggle with not being able to…
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Pennsylvania Extends Nursing-Home Virus Response Program
Wolf administration officials said that Pennsylvania will extend a key feature of its response to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, albeit on a scaled-down model after federal funding ran out…
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Two Illinois pharmacists fired after one took COVID-19 vaccines home to family, inappropriately mixed doses
Two pharmacists at Memorial Health System were fired after one of them brought COVID-19 vaccines home to family members and inappropriately mixed doses at the system’s Decatur hospital in December,…
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HHS OCR and US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of MI Enter Voluntary Resolution Agreement with MI Bariatric Practice
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS OCR”) and the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan have entered into a Voluntary…
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AHRQ Partnership Helps Nursing Homes Respond to COVID-19 Crisis
The impact of a partnership led by AHRQ that brings expert training and peer-to-peer mentorship to nursing homes to protect staff and residents from COVID-19 is the subject of a…
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Justice Department Resolves Antitrust Case against Leading Central Pennsylvania Healthcare Providers
The Department of Justice announced that it has reached a settlement with Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital that will resolve the department’s ongoing civil antitrust litigation challenging Geisinger’s partial…
Read More »Violence against Healthcare: Attacks during a Pandemic
While healthcare workers worldwide have been lauded as heroes for providing much-needed medical services to fight COVID-19, countless others have faced attacks directly related to their essential work.
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