NC Nursing Home Resident Badly Burned While Smoking Cigarette with Oxygen Machine
A North Carolina nursing home resident who uses an oxygen machine suffered severe burns and nearly prompted an evacuation on Saturday after lighting up a cigarette, fire officials said.
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Flu Patients at Risk of Developing Sepsis
Influenza patients are at risk of developing sepsis, according to the Sepsis Alliance. Sepsis is the body’s extreme reaction to an infection, and it can lead to tissue damage, organ…
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Resident Bleeds to Death at Care Facility That Has a History of Violations
An Iowa nursing home where a woman bled to death two weeks after moving into the facility is facing possible fines from the federal government.
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Nursing Home Resident Arrested, Charged with Assaulting Another Resident
A resident at a nursing home in South Boston has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of another resident at the nursing home.
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SC DHEC Removes Residents from 4 Assisted-Living Facilities Deemed a Safety Threat
The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control issued emergency suspension orders against four South Carolina assisted-living facilities after conditions at the facilities were deemed to pose an immediate threat…
Read More »AARP Urges US Nursing Home Authority to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations, Boosters
AARP’s latest Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard found that fewer than half of nursing home residents across the country (45 percent) and fewer than 1 in 4 staff members (22 percent)…
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One Dead, Two Injured in Senior Living Facility Fire in Tennessee
One person died and two others were injured after a fire tore through a senior living facility in Hickory Hill late Thursday night.
Read More »Illinois Man Arrested for Peeping in Windows at a Nursing Home
An Urbana man with a history of window-peeping convictions has been arrested and charged with that offense again after a surveillance camera captured him exposing himself outside a window of…
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Burst Pipe Forces Iowa Nursing Home Residents to Evacuate
Due to the extreme cold, the main water line going into an Iowa nursing home ruptured, flooding the facility and leading to the evacuate of the residents to other safe…
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Kentucky Nursing Home Continues Repairs after Residents Evacuated on Christmas Eve
Sixty-two nursing home residents at Metcalfe Health Care Center remain displaced after a Christmas Eve disaster, but officials are calling the response to the necessary evacuation a community and statewide…
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