Concerns over coronavirus upticks in California
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK— New York City to offer expanded outdoor dining year-round— Virginia...
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Ottawa nursing student fears for vulnerable son’s health ahead of long-term care stint
© Photo provided Algonquin College nursing student Erika Godin worries for her son, Mason, whose rare heart defect could put...
As Arizona nursing homes reopen to visitors, state guidelines cause confusion
Many nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Arizona reopened to visitors earlier this month after being closed to most...
School of Nursing No-Show Ball goes virtual, adds Chef Hastings – News
The popular No-Show Ball will feature a cooking class and demonstration from Birmingham chef Chris Hastings. Written by: Erica Techo...
Family visits return to South Shore nursing homes – News – Wicked Local
Local care facilities are getting creative to allow families the visits they've been denied since the start of the COVID-19...
Virus tests are not required for nursing home inspectors
BALTIMORE (AP) — State health surveyors who've been visiting Maryland's nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic are not required to...
California health plan crafts handmade cards for nursing home residents
With the pandemic leaving so many nursing home residents isolated from family and friends, a colorful idea arose at Inland...
Inspections found nursing home lapses as COVID-19 raged
Health inspectors found safety shortcomings at 77 New York nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic, including basic infection-control violations like...
49ers’ George Kittle ruled out for Week 3 battle with Giants, joins slew of key players nursing injuries
The San Francisco 49ers are in dire straits going into their Week 3 contest with the New York Giants, one...
Study shows Massachusetts response to COVID-19 in nursing homes helped stem infection rate
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A paper just published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that adherence to...
After a 5-year battle, bill to increase N.J. nursing home staffing passes. It’s now up to Murphy.
It took five years and a worldwide pandemic to make it happen, but state lawmakers Thursday approved a bill that...
Tracking the coronavirus in California nursing homes
This page was created by Swetha Kannan, Casey Miller, Sean Greene, Lorena Iñiguez Elebee, Rong-Gong Lin II, Ryan Murphy, Melody...
COVID-19 has Kansas lawmakers pondering broader oversight
Dr. Lee Norman, the head of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, answers questions from reporters about the coronavirus...
Carter Williams, early advocate for restraint-free nursing homes, dies at 97
Mrs. Williams was the widow of Dr. T. Franklin Williams, a leader in geriatric medicine who was a longtime professor...
Democratic senators highlight continuing toll of covid-19 in nursing homes
The death toll among nursing home residents rose throughout the summer, and the report, released Tuesday, found that shortages of...
Nursing home staffers face stress and their own COVID-19 worries
During a year most have found stressful, Ed Cortez finds meditation calming. © Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Ed...
Good to Know: ‘Essential’ caregivers lobby for greater access to nursing homes
On their last normal visit at the Abramson Center for Jewish Life in North Wales, Pennsylvania, Carol and Pete Jackson...
COVID-19 Has Kansas Lawmakers Pondering Broader Oversight | Kansas News
By JOHN HANNA, AP Political WriterTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have started pushing to give more of...
AsLouisiana nursing homes reopen to visitors: ‘We very much hope this is the first of many visits’ | Coronavirus
Leslie Alley lives about 20 minutes from her mother, Glenda Thorne, an 84-year-old resident of Poydras Home. But in six...
