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Hochul’s Pandemic Review Contract Included a Gag Clause, Records Confirm
The authors of a report on New York’s pandemic response are barred from discussing their findings with media under a provision of their...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 9
Hochul’s COVID report leaves NY still lacking answers four years later
More than four years after the eruption of the 2020 COVID pandemic, New Yorkers still have no reliable, independent assessment of how...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 9
Andrew Cuomo repeats infamous ‘who cares?’ on nursing home COVID deaths in congressional interview
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo repeated his infamous “ who cares? ” line during a grilling by a House committee Tuesday about his...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 9
Cuomo displays his COVID lies and bromides before Congress — but NY knows the truth
In compliance with a congressional subpoena, the disgraced former governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo , finally arrived in Washington, DC,...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 9
Cuomo grilled by House panel over NY’s COVID nursing-home deaths: ‘Don’t see a lot of remorse’
A defiant former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blamed everyone but himself for New York’s deadly COVID nursing-home debacle while being...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 9
Andrew Cuomo ripped for ‘significant and unnecessary mistake’ during COVID-19 response: scathing report
A scathing new report slams former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for botching the state’s COVID-19 response — saying he erred by bumping state health...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 9
82 Questions Hochul’s Pandemic Report Should Answer
This is the month when New Yorkers are due to finally receive an official report on the state’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, one of...
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voicesforseniors
- Mar 5
Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed by congressional subcommittee investigating COVID-era handling of nursing homes
The House subcommittee tasked with investigating the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed former New York...
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voicesforseniors
- May 20, 2023
House COVID panel demands Cuomo testify on nursing-home scandal
US House members probing the COVID pandemic fired off a letter Friday to disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo demanding he testify about...
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voicesforseniors
- May 2, 2023
76-year-old suffocates nursing home roommate with pillow stuffing, Rhode Island cops say
A 76-year-old nursing home resident has been arrested and charged with murder after Rhode Island police investigated the “sudden death”...
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voicesforseniors
- Mar 8, 2023
The scandalous effects of nursing home isolation during COVID-19
With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus...
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voicesforseniors
- Mar 8, 2023
Top Navy admiral begged Melissa DeRosa to fill Comfort Ship during COVID: emails
A US Navy admiral begged the Cuomo administration to send patients to the nearly-empty hospital ship docked on the Hudson River during...
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voicesforseniors
- Nov 3, 2022
House GOPers want CDC reports on New York COVID nursing home deaths
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are demanding copies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s early pandemic reports to states...
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voicesforseniors
- Aug 4, 2022
Cuomo feared COVID ‘fire’ in nursing homes before notorious order: Kushner
Then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the coronavirus could burn through nursing homes “like fire through dry grass” 10 days before he...
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voicesforseniors
- Jul 20, 2022
Hochul releases fall coronavirus plan and takes first step to review state's pandemic policies
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that the state is prepping for a possible new surge of COVID-19 this fall, but she said no...
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voicesforseniors
- Jul 20, 2022
Why is Kathy Hochul reneging on her promised probe into Cuomo’s nursing home scandal?
Why is Gov. Hochul reneging on her months-old pledge to get to the bottom of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s care-home scandals? Where is the...
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voicesforseniors
- Jul 19, 2022
Woman being held against her will in care home, lawyers say
HOUSTON (KTRK) - A Texas woman says she’s fighting “tooth and nail” to break free from being held against her will in a memory care...
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voicesforseniors
- May 17, 2022
Report: Michigan Ombudsmen Failed to Visit Most Long-term-care Facilities for 31 Months
Following a national report released on May 11, which showed that only Nevada ranked worse than Michigan for living conditions for older...
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voicesforseniors
- May 14, 2022
Massachusetts to Pay $56 Million After Deadly Covid Outbreak at Veterans’ Home
At least 84 veterans died after the outbreak at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in March 2020. Massachusetts will pay their families...
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voicesforseniors
- May 14, 2022
Former nursing home caregiver pleads guilty to multiple sexual assaults
An ex-caregiver pleaded guilty this week to sexually assaulting two women in San Diego-area nursing homes. Matthew Fluckiger’s plea comes...
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voicesforseniors
- Apr 20, 2022
Hidden in plain sight: Malnutrition in the elderly
The incidence of malnutrition is widespread among institutionalized seniors, ranging from 23% to 60% of all patients. However,...
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voicesforseniors
- Feb 25, 2022
How Nursing Homes’ Worst Offenses Are Hidden From the Public
Thousands of problems identified by state inspectors were never publicly disclosed because of a secretive appeals process, a New York...
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voicesforseniors
- Feb 19, 2022
The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
Maureen Dittmar of Rochester, New Hampshire, was sifting through junk mail one Saturday in early August when she found an envelope...
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voicesforseniors
- Feb 19, 2022
Patient safety in long-term care facilities and the COVID-19 pandemic
Significant parts of the world are growing old. During this century, several regions will experience a marked increase in the proportion...
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