Pennsylvania Nursing Home Evacuated Due to COVID-19 Staffing Issues
As coronavirus cases grow inside long-term care facilities across the country, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, an evacuation is underway due to the virus.
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Daughter of Suspected Coronavirus Victim Sues Life Care Center of Kirkland’s Parent Company over Mother’s Death
The daughter of a woman who died of suspected COVID-19 at Life Care Center of Kirkland is suing the company that owns the nursing home.
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Family Threatens Lawsuit against California Nursing Home Where Man Died of Covid-19
Civil rights attorney John Burris said Monday that he’s considering filing a lawsuit against a Hayward facility where an 87-year-old man recently died of the COVID-19 coronavirus even though he…
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Illinois Will Pay Nearly $6.4 Million to the Families of Vets Who Died in State Home
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and families who lost loved ones to Legionnaires’ disease at the state-run Quincy veterans’ home are agreeing to nearly $6.4 million in settlements to end…
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Family Files Wrongful-Death Lawsuit against Ohio Nursing Home Involving Dementia Patient Who Fell Down Embankment
Hayden Thorne walked undetected out of a Parma nursing home early one morning and fell 75 feet down a ravine, records show.
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Kentucky Woman Too Sick for Nursing Home, Not Sick Enough for Hospital Dies of COVID-19
Sitting in a Tennessee hotel room last week, with a mask over her face and her dying grandmother sleeping nearby, Lee Anne Teague could hardly stomach watching another press conference…
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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Ohio Nursing Home Involving Dementia Patient Who Fell down Embankment
Hayden Thorne walked undetected out of a Parma nursing home early one morning and fell 75 feet down a ravine, records show.
Read More »Pennsylvania Department of Health Hires Consulting Company to Help Nursing Homes Control Coronavirus Spread
With nursing homes and senior facilities proving especially vulnerable to the coronavirus, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has hired a healthcare consulting company to help facilities control the spread of…
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Maryland Forms ‘Strike Teams’ to Combat Coronavirus Outbreaks in Nursing Homes
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has launched statewide “strike teams” to respond to the crisis of coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes and other group living facilities, and he announced a crackdown…
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Kentucky Nurse Says She Was Suspended after Refusing to Treat Coronavirus Patients without a Mask
A nurse at a hospital in Kentucky said she was suspended for insubordination for refusing to treat COVID-19 patients when the hospital would not supply her with a protective respirator.
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