With Federal Help Pending, ‘Parking Lot Guy’ Becomes Most Reliable Source of PPE for Nursing Homes
Amid a global pandemic that targets vulnerable elders, one of the most reliable PPE sources for a provider in the New York City suburbs is…
Calls for Probe of Nursing Home That Sent Comedian’s Kin to Wrong Cemetery
New York’s long-term care watchdog and a local lawmaker called for an investigation of the Brooklyn nursing home where comedian Elayne Boosler’s Jewish cousin was…
West Virginia HOPE Clinic Manager Sentenced to Federal Prison for Gun Crime
Joshua Radcliffe, 36, of Shady Springs, a HOPE Clinic manager, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for a gun crime. From 2010 through…
Thousands of Medical Records from CMS Hospitals Exposed after Tornado Touches Down
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems began notifying patients on April 23 that their protected health information may have been exposed after a March 3 tornado…
Woman Says Her Mother Starved to Death at New York Nursing Home
Maxine J. Schwartz, an East Aurora nursing home resident who had dementia, would only eat if her daughter was there to encourage her.
NJ Nursing Home Patient with Coronavirus Gets Last Rites Read through Window
A New Jersey priest gave last rites to a parishioner who had coronavirus, not over the phone or in person ― but through a window.
101-year-old Woman Born during Spanish Flu Pandemic Survives Coronavirus
A New York woman born during the Spanish flu pandemic has the distinction of surviving a second pandemic, more than 100 years after she survived…
Nursing Home Worker Accused of Stealing Diamond Ring & Credit Card from Woman Who Died of Coronavirus
A Colorado woman has been accused of stealing the diamond ring and credit card of a woman dying of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Nurse Charged with Importation of Marijuana from Canada
Terri Leanne Maxwell, age 48, a registered nurse from Amherstburg, Ontario, was charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute, and…
NYC Nursing Home Reports Coronavirus-Linked Death Via Voicemail
A voicemail message left by a stranger was how Pricilla Palmer says she found out the new coronavirus had killed her father.