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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US nursing home residents are trapped in isolation amid coronavirus. Cards and letters are brightening their days.
Residential and retirement facilities across the country are limiting visitations to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, leaving residents to be increasingly isolated.
Read More »COVID-19 Response News Alert: CMS Issues Frequently Asked Questions on Catastrophic Health Coverage and the Coronavirus
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by catastrophic health…
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