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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Iowa woman dies after being found outside of assisted living facility in freezing temperatures
Polk County authorities call the death of a woman at an assisted living facility in Bondurant "suspicious." Around 6:30 a.m. on Friday,...
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