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.
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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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US Nursing Homes Warn of Looming Shortage of Masks and Gowns
Many nursing homes risk running out of protective masks and gowns by next week because of the coronavirus, and at least one facility already had to resort to using plastic…
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Isolation Forced by Coronavirus Endangers Mental Health of Elderly
While Bay Area health officials are ordering people to keep their distance from the elderly in an attempt to protect a high-risk population from the coronavirus, some are warning that…
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Elder Abuse Charges Dismissed in North Carolina
A former adult-care home worker is out from under a felony charge of abuse of an elder with injury after a judge dismissed it three days into her trial.
Read More »COVID-19 Nursing Home Visitor Guidance
On March 13, as part of the broader Trump Administration announcement, CMS announced critical new measures designed to keep America’s nursing home residents safe from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)….
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