COVID Test Swab Snapped off into Woman’s Lung at UK Hospital
The patient, in her 50s, had a tracheostomy, a procedure where an opening in the neck is made, and when a nurse tried to swab the woman for Covid-19 through…
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Michigan lawmakers approve ban on most COVID-19 patient transfers into nursing homes
The Michigan House voted early Wednesday morning to approve Senate Bill 1094 banning the retention or transfer of most COVID-19 patients into a nursing home.
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National Guard called in to help contain COVID outbreaks at two MN nursing homes
In a troubling sign of COVID-19’s resurgence, the Minnesota National Guard has been called in to provide emergency staffing support at two nursing homes struggling to contain large and deadly…
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Virus Outbreaks at Two Connecticut Care Centers Are Related
Coronavirus outbreaks at two long-term care centers in the same Connecticut town have been linked to a resident of one of the facilities and staff who work at both locations,…
Read More »A NY nursing home kept COVID out until last month. Now 22 residents are dead.
Federal regulators are deploying a strike team to a Steuben County nursing home connected to surging COVID-19 infections in the Southern Tier, state health officials said.
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California Nurse Arrested for Sexual Battery, Indecent Exposure & Elder Abuse
On 10/08/20, Santa Ana Police arrested Gabriel Arce, a 46-year-old nurse, for sexual battery, indecent exposure, and elder abuse. Police investigated allegations made by a 73-year-old victim who was under…
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Half of Philly Nursing Home Patients Had COVID-19 This Year, City Estimates
Philly is preparing nursing homes for a second wave of the coronavirus and taking steps to prevent further spread, officials said Tuesday.
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Deaths of Two NC Nursing Home Residents Now Considered Homicides
The deaths of two elderly dementia patients who passed away following altercations at their respective nursing homes will be included in the city of Wilmington’s yearly homicide total, which now…
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Nevada Revokes Halt on Rapid Antigen Testing in Nursing Homes
Under pressure from the federal government, Nevada health officials on Friday rescinded a statewide order directing nursing homes to halt the use of two government-issued rapid coronavirus tests that the…
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Colorado Nursing Home Residents Protest Pandemic Lockdown
Waving signs that read such things as “I’d rather die of COVID than loneliness,” and “We are prisoners in our home,” residents of one nursing facility staged their own anti-lockdown…
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