According to an article posted on whyy.org, the Powerback Rehabilitation Center in Center City, Philadelphia, has announced it will soon be accepting COVID-19-positive patients from area hospitals. While the center has, in times previous to this pandemic era, been a...
Measures to Lock down Facilities Isolate the Elderly without Guarantee of Safety COVID-19 Nursing Home Care Challenges As reports of outbreaks of the novel coronavirus inside American nursing homes continue to make headlines, facilities across the nation are now...
Discovered unable to pay, thousands of elderly and disabled nursing home residents across the nation have been sent packing. Nursing Homes Evicting Elderly Poor – Illegally According to a recent NBC News article, certain American nursing homes are discharging poorer...
Patients and Families can make informed choices in selecting a nursing home thanks to a new level of transparency. Trump Admin Nursing Home Data Increases Transparency A consumer alert icon, shown above, will appear on the CMS Nursing Home Compare site, making it...
In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, nursing home fractures from falls account for a disproportionate amount of avoidable injuries. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 35 percent of nursing home injuries that bring patients to emergency rooms are...
RE: Nursing Home Deaths: Neglect and False Charting Played a Role, Says Police Chief According to an article by ABC news, four employees of a south Florida nursing home were arrested last week in connection with the deaths of 12 elderly residents who perished from...
