89-Year-Old Wisconsin Nursing Home Resident Died from Weather Exposure
An 89-year-old female resident of a Kenosha assisted-living facility and memory care center was found dead outside the facility on Dec. 19, authorities reported.
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Frigid Storm Causes Tennessee Nursing Home Evacuation
Several pipes broke at a Tennessee nursing home due to frigid temperatures, leading to the evacuation of all of the residents.
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Fire Crews Extinguish Small Fire at New York Nursing Home
Residents at a Rockland County nursing home are safely back inside after a small fire erupted Tuesday night in a bathroom on the third floor.
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Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of a recent increase in pediatric…
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Police Find Body of Woman, 92, Reported Missing from Ohio Nursing Home
Police said they found the body of a 92-year-old woman who was reported missing on Christmas Eve, after they responded to a welfare check on the grounds of the Good…
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Many Nursing Homes Suffered Burst Pipes from Extreme Cold
A ruptured pipe left a central Alabama nursing home without water. Four patients were transferred from a Maryland nursing home after a water pipe burst at the facility on Christmas…
Read More »Two Taken to the Hospital after Pipe Burst at Tennessee Nursing Home
Two people were taken to the hospital after a pipe burst at a nursing home in Greene County, resulting in ‘partial ceiling damage’ and flooding.
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Resident Dies after Being Found Outside Michigan Assisted Living Center in Bitter Cold
The death of an 82-year-old woman found outside a Michigan assisted living facility early Friday is under investigation by police.
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Ohio Assisted-Living Residents Manage to Fight While in Wheelchairs
Two residents in wheelchairs got into a fight at Grand Pointe Assisted Living Dec. 13 when one accidentally bumped into the other in a hallway.
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A Decade of Drugging
In 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care to reduce the use of dangerous antipsychotic (AP) drugs in nursing…
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