Some Nursing Homes Escaped Covid-19—Here’s What They Did Right
In mid-March, as San Francisco mayor London Breed issued a citywide stay-at-home order, Peggy Cmiel started getting prepared.
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Police: COVID-19-Positive Woman Walks Way from Massachusetts Nursing Home
Police have filed an elder abuse complaint with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health after a nursing home resident with dementia who had tested positive for COVID-19 apparently climbed out…
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Manhattan Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Distributing Oxycodone and Other Drugs
Joseph Olivieri, 73, a physician who practiced in Manhattan, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for participating in a scheme to illegally distribute oxycodone and other controlled substances. Matthew…
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Epidemiology of and risk factors for coronavirus infection in healthcare workers: a living rapid review.
Viral outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic place healthcare workers at risk for both adverse physical health and psychological outcomes.
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After Coronavirus, Italian Nursing Homes Face Fight to Survive
Italy’s nursing homes, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which claimed the lives of thousands of residents, face financial pressures that threaten to put many out of business and create a…
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Pennsylvania: $93K Sought from Nursing Homes Amid Inspections
State health officials say civil penalties totaling more than $93,000 have been assessed against nursing care facilities in Pennsylvania amid hundreds of complaint investigations during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Nurse Fired from Chicago Senior Home for Pointing out COVID-19 Safety Issues: Lawsuit
A nurse claims she was fired from a Norwood Park senior home in retaliation for whistleblowing about COVID-19 safety issues, according to a lawsuit.
Read More »How Nursing Homes Can Bolster Infection Control — for COVID-19 and Beyond
Amid the national emergency caused by COVID-19, infection control in skilled nursing facilities has come under intense scrutiny, with past violations examined under the media microscope — and surveys from…
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COVID-19: Psychiatrists Assess Geriatric Harm from Social Distancing
One of the greatest tragedies of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the failure of health policy makers to anticipate and mitigate the enormous havoc the policy…
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Plan in Works to Resume Nursing Home Visits in Massachusetts
As the state’s economic reopening gets underway in earnest this week, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that COVID-19 public health data indicates “that we are trending in the right direction,”…
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