Wolf Criticized for Nursing Home Mandates During Pandemic
According to a recent post on PApost.org, Governor Wolf, criticized for nursing home mandates, faces the reality of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in Pennsylvania nursing homes. This has drawn criticism of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in...
COVID Nursing Home Crisis Persists, N.J. Legislators Have yet to Act
In May, in response to the COVID nursing home crisis, including the devastating impact on New Jersey nursing homes, a number of propositions and promises were made by N.J. Legislators to address a crisis brought on by missteps and failures by both the state and its...
Measures to Mitigate COVID Crises in NJ Nursing Homes Fall Short
Nearly 5,400 Have Died in NJ Nursing Homes; State and Facilities Both to Blame According to an article on NJ.com, as of May 20, measures to mitigate COVID crises in NJ nursing homes fall short. Two sets of statistics exist regarding nursing home fatalities from the...
PA Attorney General Opens Criminal Investigation into Long-Term Facilities
Two-Thirds of PA COVID Deaths Have Occurred in Nursing Homes PA Attorney General Opens Criminal Investigation into Long-Term Facilities in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak that has ravaged nursing homes across the state. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro...
Fearing Coronavirus Lawsuits, Nursing Homes Seek Legal Protection
Facilities in Some States Have Secured Immunity from COVID-related Lawsuits According to an Associated Press news article, as of May 4, New York and New Jersey are among 15 states in the nation so far to provide nursing homes with emergency protection against lawsuits...
Philly Rehab Center with Elderly Residents to Accept COVID-19 Patients from Hospitals
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...
Nursing Home Residents | Bucks County COVID-19 Deaths
Bucks County COVID-19 Deaths: Area Braces for a Projected Increase of Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes According to a Doylestown Patch article, 8 people perished from COVID-19 in Bucks County, PA, on April 15. Seven of them were residents of the county’s long-term...
17 Bodies Found at New Jersey Nursing Home
Ravaged by COVID-19, Andover Nursing Home Overwhelmed by Deaths 17 Bodies Found at New Jersey Nursing Home A recent New York Times article stated it was an anonymous tip that brought police to the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II in Andover, N.J.,...
COVID-19 Seattle-Area Nursing Home
Mistaken for Flu, Limited Preventive Measures Taken against Coronavirus Outbreak COVID-19 Seattle-Area Nursing Home According to articles by The Washington Post and The New York Times, on Feb. 19 a resident of Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., had been...
COVID-19 Nursing Home Care Challenges
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...
Nursing Homes Evicting Elderly Poor
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...
Trump Admin Nursing Home Data Increases Transparency
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...