Nurse Sues Iowa Hospital, Alleging Patient Deaths, Manipulation of Data
A nurse who alleges she was fired from an Iowa hospital after reporting questionable patient deaths, fraudulent billing, and the manipulation of patient-outcome statistics is now suing the hospital for…
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A Million Nursing Home Workers Remain Unboosted as COVID Cases Climb Again
More than a million US nursing home workers and more than 350,000 residents haven’t received a first COVID-19 booster dose, a new AARP analysis of federal data shows, even though…
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Two Patients Taken to Hospital Following Fire at Ohio Nursing Home
Two nursing home patients were taken to the hospital after a fire was reported at Hawthorne Glen Nursing Home in Monroe Sunday morning.
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Massachusetts Faces Suit over COVID-Era Nursing Home Crowding Rules
Nine nursing home operators have sued Massachusetts over regulations against housing more than two people in a room, which were adopted around the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and took…
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Senator Introduces Bill to Protect Healthcare Professionals from Workplace Violence
As the nation celebrates National Nurses Week, US Senator Baldwin, a member of the Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, introduced legislation to protect healthcare and social services employees from…
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Settlement Reached in Massachusetts Veterans’ Home Class Action Case
The Baker-Polito Administration announced that a settlement has been reached between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit related to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke…
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Man, 80, Found Dead after Fire at Florida Assisted-Living Residence
An 80-year-old man died early Wednesday after a fire in his room at an assisted-living residence in West Palm Beach, city police said.
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Michigan audit: Long-term care advocates didn’t visit most homes for 31 months
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan’s Long-Term-Care Ombudsman Program failed to visit most facilities in person, an auditor general report found.
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Former Nursing Home Caregiver Pleads Guilty to Multiple Sexual Assaults
An ex-caregiver pleaded guilty this week to sexually assaulting two women in San Diego-area nursing homes. His plea comes one month before he was to be retried on charges that…
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Missouri Hospital Staffer Charged with Murder 20 Years after Patient Died
Prosecutors charge a former Kansas City-area respiratory therapist with first-degree murder in the death of a hospital patient 20 years later.
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