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Former Owner of National Nursing Home Chain Arrested by Federal Agents
Joseph Schwartz is in federal custody and expected to appear at a hearing in Newark, N.J., on Thursday afternoon, say law enforcement officials.
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COVID Deaths and Cases Are Rising Again at US Nursing Homes
COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too
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8 Dead, Dozens Infected With COVID-19 Due to Outbreak at Connecticut Nursing Home
Eight people are dead and just shy of 100 more have become infected with COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Connecticut nursing home.
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Massive Blaze at NY Nursing Home Leaves 1 Resident Dead, 1 Firefighter Missing
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a Rockland County, N.Y. nursing home, killing one resident and leaving a firefighter missing and over one hundred other residents displaced.
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Medical, Nursing Students Help COVID-Hit Maine Nursing Home
A nursing home in rural Maine has found a new partner after a difficult few weeks battling COVID-19 after months fighting the pandemic, which has killed more than a dozen of its residents. Nursing and medical students from the University of New England gained real-world experience they otherwise would not have had during the pandemic while the nursing home would...
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Optimism Spreads as Long-Term Care Facilities Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations
Northern Virgina Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on staff and residents of long-term care facilities getting vaccines against COVID-19.
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Not Just COVID: Nursing Home Neglect Deaths Surge in Shadows
As more than 90,000 of America’s long-term care residents have died in the coronavirus pandemic, advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of death separate from the virus has quietly claimed tens of thousands more, often because overburdened workers haven’t been able to give them the care they need
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Every Resident of Kansas Nursing Home Infected With COVID
All 62 residents of a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 10 have died, health officials said. One resident is hospitalized, and the rest are being quarantined, NBC News reports.
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FBI Raids Pennsylvania Nursing Home Where Hundreds Caught Coronavirus, Dozens Died
Federal and state investigators raided a Pennsylvania nursing home Thursday where hundreds of residents and staff members tested positive for coronavirus and dozens have died, authorities said. NBC News reports investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the state attorney general’s office and other agencies executed the search warrant at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center northeast of Pittsburgh, said...
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Care Home Refused Free Tests. Now, Nearly Everyone Has Virus
A Montana memory care facility that didn’t carry out free coronavirus testing on its residents is reeling from an outbreak that has infected nearly everyone who lives there.
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Man Runs 218 Miles to Virus-stricken ‘Nana's' Nursing Home
As his “Nana” battled COVID-19, endurance athlete Corey Cappelloni ran 218 miles from Washington, D
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Families Concerned by Spike in COVID-19 Deaths at Laurel Nursing Home
Family members are asking questions after a number of residents have died at one Laurel nursing home. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins spoke with a staff member who says they are right to be concerned, because it’s been a struggle to fight COVID-19 there.
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Emotional and Exhausting: Worker Shares Experience Inside Hard-Hit Maryland Nursing Home
With Maryland’s revelation that half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have come from assisted living and nursing homes, there’s a renewed push to stop the spread of the virus. On Wednesday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced an executive order requiring universal testing of all residents and staff at nursing homes. Nurses or physicians will be required to evaluate residents daily and...
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Staff Member Describes Conditions at Nursing Home With 33 Deaths
One of the Maryland nursing homes hardest hit by the coronavirus is Sagepoint Senior Living in Charles County, where 33 residents have died. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer sat down with a woman who has been working on the front lines inside that home.
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Maryland to Release Nursing Home Outbreak Data
In a win for thousands of families, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan directed the state’s department of health to begin releasing detailed information on outbreaks at long-term care facilities. News4’s Jodie Fleischer reports.
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Maryland Health Department to Release Nursing Home Outbreak Data
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan directed the state’s health department Monday to begin releasing detailed information on outbreaks at long-term care facilities. The move comes after some families have struggled to get information about cases at their loved ones’ homes. As recently as Friday, the Maryland Department of Health and each of the counties were still denying News4’s public information requests,...
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Families Demand Investigation Into Maryland Nursing Home
Three seniors have died at the same nursing home in Charles County, Maryland, their families say. News4’s Shomari Stone reports they are demanding answers about how the facility is handling the coronavirus pandemic.
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3rd Family Says Loved One Died at Sagepoint Nursing Home
At least three residents of a nursing home in Charles County, Maryland, have died from COVID-19, their families tell News4.
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Resident of Charles Co. Nursing Home Dies of Coronavirus, Family Says
We are hearing more from families who are worried about their loved ones in nursing homes in Charles County, Maryland. Relatives say another person has died at the Sagepoint Senior Living Services in La Plata. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Staff No-Shows, Deaths Hit California Nursing Facilities
Six residents of a San Francisco Bay Area nursing home have died from the coronavirus