Paraplegic Nursing Home Resident Charged in Fatal Shooting at Illinois Long-Term Care Facility

A 32-year-old resident of a long-term care facility in Homewood was charged Sunday in the shooting death of another resident.

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Texas to allow limited visitation in nursing homes with no active coronavirus cases

For the first time in nearly five months, visitors will be allowed in Texas nursing homes on a limited basis, state health officials announced August 6, reversing a policy intended to keep the state’s most vulnerable populations safe from a pandemic that has proved especially deadly for older people.

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NJ Lawmakers Want Changes to Help Nursing Homes Deal with Deadly Outbreaks

New Jersey has begun implementing a handful of expert recommendations to help nursing homes better respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, state officials said, but they also have acknowledged that…

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Nineteen die of COVID-19 at Texas nursing home, with 24 staff infected

Missouri City officials received notice from Fort Bend County on Aug. 5 that 19 people at Paradigm at First Colony Nursing Home died from the coronavirus, the city said in…

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FEMA is accused of sending assisted living facilities masks made from underwear fabric

FEMA is being accused of sending faulty personal protective equipment to nursing home facilities across the country.

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One of Texas’ Biggest Nursing Home Operators Beset by COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

As COVID-19 spread across Texas in March, it became clear that the virus would batter the state’s 1,200 or so nursing homes, where some of the most vulnerable Texans were…

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NY Sen. Pushes for Nursing Home Study

With legislation stalled in the state Legislature, Republican state Sen. James Tedisco is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve a study of the state’s handling of COVID-19 patients in nursing…

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Nearly 4,000 Alabama Long-Term Care Residents Have Contracted the Coronavirus

The Alabama Department of Public Health reported that 3,968 residents of Alabama long-term care facilities have tested positive for the coronavirus since March, and the rate of infections in long-term…

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Scabies case preceded COVID-19 outbreak in Virginia facility

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection didn’t surprise one man who says he had trouble this spring getting appropriate care for his mother, a resident there,…

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Alabama family says nursing home delayed care for patriarch who later died of COVID-19

An Alabama family says a Phenix City nursing home failed to inform them in a timely manner about the deteriorating health of their patriarch, who ultimately died of coronavirus complications…

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