Florida Says COVID-19 Tests Are for Long-Term Care Workers
COVID-19 test kits sent to Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities are for employees, not residents, the state said June 16.
Connecticut Guard Helps Inspect Long-Term Care Facilities
The Connecticut Army and Air National Guard have teamed up with the Department of Public Health to inspect nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout…
X-ray of Man’s Genitalia Possibly Shared Online by PA Image Company Employee
Fairview Township Police have opened a criminal case after an imaging company reported an employee may have shared an X-ray of a man’s genitalia on…
Coronavirus is rapidly spreading in Texas nursing homes, state figures show
Younger Americans have been driving the recent coronavirus surge in Texas — but the virus is now also rapidly spreading in the state’s nursing homes,…
NY Nursing Home Coronavirus Flare-Up Came after Quarantined Aide Allegedly Ordered Back to Work
A recent coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home in Albany began around the time a nurse’s aide who was in quarantine after traveling out of…
Reflections of the Corona Pandemic from a Nursing Home Physician’s View
I work as a physician in two Galilee nursing homes. Since the pandemic outbreak, the effect on the content and nature of my work has…
AL Governor Awards $18.27 Million for Coronavirus Testing for Alabama Nursing Homes
Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded $18.27 million of the Coronavirus Relief Fund to provide baseline testing for coronavirus and proactive surveillance of the virus…
Chicago hospital loses phone, internet access for 24+ hours
Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago experienced more than a day of internet and phone system downtime last week after a car crash cut out service,…
Pennsylvania nursing home employee fired after video shows hot drink thrown in elderly woman’s face
A nursing home in Dauphin County fired an employee after they say a video posted on Facebook showed misconduct by the employee.
SC Governor Reverses Course, Tells DHEC to Delay Releasing Plan for Nursing Home Visitors
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster reversed course on Thursday after initially directing the state’s health agency to come up with guidelines to let immediate families…