Family Alleges Wrongful Death in Suit against Texas Nursing Homes
The cousin of a 79-year-old Waco man is suing four nursing home facilities, alleging negligent care caused the man’s death in May 2019.
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Bill Would Raise Fines for Not Reporting Elder Abuse in NJ
A bill is making its way through Trenton would increase fines on care homes and the people they employ, if they fail to report the suspected abuse or exploitation of…
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French Nursing Home Workers Quarantine with Residents
Medical personnel are being praised worldwide for their role on the front lines of the battle against the novel coronavirus, including in France, where posters with the word “Merci!” cover…
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Nurse Says Chicago Hospital Fired Her for Warning about Masks
A former nurse is suing a Chicago hospital for allegedly firing her in retaliation for warning colleagues that masks provided by the hospital to treat COVID-19 patients would not sufficiently…
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Hospitals Consider Universal Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Coronavirus Patients
Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are engaged in a heated private debate over a calculation few have encountered in their lifetimes — how to weigh the “save…
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Older Patients Stranded in Hospitals as Nursing Homes Turn Them Away over Coronavirus
Carl Schoen’s 99-year-old mother has lived in a nursing home for five years and on March 13, she was taken to the emergency room at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena…
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Coronavirus Update: New Jersey Nursing Home Evacuated after Reporting Nearly a Dozen Cases
A New Jersey nursing home was evacuated Tuesday after nearly a dozen residents contracted the coronavirus.
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Vermont Health & Rehab Moves Short-Term Patients to Hotel
A Burlington nursing home hit hardest by the coronavirus will transfer at least 10 residents who have not tested positive to a hotel.
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Nurse Shot at Kentucky Hospital after Patient Fights with Security Officers
A patient at the Medical Center in Bowling Green was arrested March 19 after he allegedly shot a nurse in the leg at the Kentucky hospital following an altercation with security officers, according…
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First Responders Find Missing Pennsylvania Nursing Home Patient
Wareham Police responded to Tremont Nursing Home for an alarm activation and a missing patient on Saturday, March 21 at around 1:25 a.m.
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