Michigan Nursing Home COVID-19 Patient asked ‘Alexa’ for Help before Death
In the days leading up to LouAnn Dagen’s death from COVID-19, the Metron of Cedar Springs nursing home patient repeatedly asked her Amazon Echo Show…
NJ tells nursing homes: Be transparent about coronavirus, or we will out you
After complaints about a lack of transparency regarding outbreaks of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities in New jersey, the state Department of Health is…
Feds Propose $611,000 Fine at Seattle-area Nursing Home
Federal authorities have proposed a $611,000 fine for a Seattle-area nursing home connected to at least 40 coronavirus deaths.
Bill Would Raise Fines for Not Reporting Elder Abuse in NJ
A bill is making its way through Trenton would increase fines on care homes and the people they employ, if they fail to report the…
CT Nursing Home Officials Bristle at Lamont Suggestion to Send Hospital Patients to Nursing Facilities
When the number of positive coronavirus cases sailed past 400 this week, Gov. Ned Lamont declared he had found additional beds to help aid the…
New York Tells Nursing Homes They’ll Need to Take Coronavirus Patients Discharged from Hospitals, Report Says
New York told nursing-home operators that they will be required to accept patients infected with the new coronavirus who are discharged from hospitals but may…
Hospitals Consider Universal Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Coronavirus Patients
Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are engaged in a heated private debate over a calculation few have encountered in their lifetimes —…
Older Patients Stranded in Hospitals as Nursing Homes Turn Them Away over Coronavirus
Carl Schoen’s 99-year-old mother has lived in a nursing home for five years and on March 13, she was taken to the emergency room at…
Former Employees at Alabama Nursing Home Arrested for Elder and Sexual Abuse
Two former employees of the Marshall Manor Nursing Home in Guntersville have been indicted with multiple counts of abuse and misconduct.
Coronavirus News: Pennsylvania Relaxes Medical Marijuana Restrictions
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has instituted a series of temporary actions to assist patients requiring medical marijuana during the coronavirus pandemic.