Nursing Home Notifies Family of Resident’s COVID-19 Positive Test — Funeral Home Calls the Same Day
The family of a New York nursing home resident who had lived in the facility for about eight years reported they were shocked over her…
Sanctioned Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Assessed $93K in Civil Money Penalties
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA-DOH) recently announced that since February, surveyors conducted 1,473 inspections of Pennsylvania’s almost 700 nursing homes, including 907 complaint investigations…
Residents’ Advocates Allege Pre-existing Problems within Ohio Nursing Homes before COVID-19 Contributed to Devastating Impact
The susceptibility of nursing home residents to highly infectious COVID-19, difficulty in identifying asymptomatic carriers, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and a slow response…
COVID-19 Crisis Puts Nursing Homes in the Spotlight
Doctors, researchers, and advocates working in the field of long-term care medicine recently expressed their concerns about the devastation of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities—more…
Connecticut DOH Reports Infection Control Problems with COVID-19 at 20 Nursing Homes
After working with the National Guard and inspectors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make more than 200 unannounced visits to…
Pennsylvania’s Long-Term Care Facilities Receiving Assistance from the National Guard to Deal with COVID-19
In a recent news conference, Pennsylvania’s governor highlighted the work that the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and the National Guard are doing to provide…
Effects of COVID-19 Exacerbate an Already Difficult Challenge to Nursing Home Staffing
Prior to the Coronavirus crisis, long-term care facilities were already struggling to maintain adequate staffing levels. Now, statistics indicating that over half of the deaths…
Two Nurses in Alabama Nursing Home Arrested for Misappropriating Controlled Substance Medications Intended for Residents
Theft of a controlled substance, attempted distribution, forgery, and elder abuse were the charges issued against two Alabama nursing home nurses (one an RN and…
Resident Who Wandered Away from Connecticut Nursing Home in January Died from Hypothermia
An 89-year-old resident who wandered away from a Connecticut nursing home in January was found deceased just fifty feet outside of the facility. His cause…
OCR Reminds Healthcare Providers to Ensure Rights of Persons with Limited English Proficiency during COVID-19 Crisis
In a bulletin issued May 15, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stipulated that even during the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, healthcare providers…