nursing homes

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now says at least 31,782 residents of our nation’s nursing homes have died from COVID-19. At least 95,515 residents have tested positive. The new information was revealed Thursday with the launch of an online data portal to share information with the public. “We were hearing from families across the country in this very...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released details regarding the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in our nation’s nursing homes. The homes have reported at least 95,000 confirmed cases and almost 32,000 deaths. But the News4 I-Team found it isn’t exactly a clear picture of what’s been really been going on. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer explains...

When the coronavirus erupted at a nursing home near Seattle in late February, disease detectives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly descended. They soon discovered two factors fueling the virus’ spread: Nurses were working while sick. And some of those sick nurses were working at other nursing homes. In the months since then, between a quarter and…

More than two months after the staff of Shady Oaks Assisted Living in Bristol, Connecticut, moved into the home at the peak of the coronavirus surge to keep the residents isolated from illness, most of the caregivers will leave for the first time this weekend. The home, according to its owner, remains COVID-free.

The Trump administration is not requiring nursing homes to provide data on COVID-19 deaths and cases that occurred prior to May 6, according to a public government document, limiting the accuracy of the federal data collection effort to measure the impact of the pandemic on older Americans. The government encourages nursing homes to provide the data from before May 6, but...

Federal authorities aren’t setting any hard dates for when nursing homes can allow family members to visit again but are urging governors to use “extreme caution” in making that decision.

With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House has now strongly recommended all residents and staff be tested for COVID-19 in the next two weeks. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan already mandated testing at all nursing homes statewide April 29, but the News4 I-Team learned it’s been slow to get going. “I was thinking my mother would...

With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended all residents and staff be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks. Maryland’s governor mandated that testing back April 29, but the News4 I-Team found in many homes it hasn’t happened yet. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer explains why.

Administrators at a Colorado nursing home hard hit by COVID-19 say shipments of personal protective equipment needed to protect their staff were seized and redirected by the federal government. They are still waiting for an explanation.

Virginia is refusing to disclose which assisted living and nursing homes have outbreaks, so the News4 I-Team spent a month crowdsourcing info from families and workers who wanted to help inform others.

Nearly 60 percent of the Virginians who’ve died from COVID-19 have come from the state’s assisted living and nursing homes, but so far, state leaders have refused to identify which locations have outbreaks, citing privacy. After hearing from many families struggling to get information from their loved ones’ homes, the News4 I-Team launched a massive effort to compile that data...

The White House is recommending that all nursing home residents and staff be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks

For the Isabella Geriatric Center at the northern end of Manhattan, the coronavirus has been a calamity, suspected of killing nearly 100 residents at the 705-bed nursing home. The death toll forced it to store bodies in a refrigerated truck and prompted U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat to call for an investigation into whether nursing homes have withheld information from regulators…

If you’re sending flowers for someone in a medical facility, check with staff before you order. Some healthcare and nursing facilities are restricting flower deliveries for Mother’s Day in light of the coronavirus.

Regulators in Maryland will fine a nursing home that has had the most virus-related deaths in the state $10,000 a day. The nursing home is Sagepoint Senior Living in La Plata, a letter from the state health department shows. State regulators say the nursing home failed to use appropriate protective equipment and failed to separate residents who have coronavirus or…

There’s new hope for families struggling to find out how many positive COVID-19 cases or deaths have happened at their loved ones’ nursing homes. The federal government is gearing up to release that information even though some states, like Virginia, have been keeping it secret. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which regulates nursing homes, says it plans...

The federal government is gearing up to release information about how many positive COVID-19 cases or deaths there have been at nursing homes, even though some states, like Virginia, have been keeping it private. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer has details on what will be released and when.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the national debate over when to reopen outbreak-ravaged economies boils down to the value placed on people’s lives

Several Virginia legislators are calling for the release of information regarding specific long-term care facilities, saying the public has a right to know how many residents and staff have tested positive or died at each location. The Virginia Department of Health is compiling that information but withholding it from public release, citing wording in a state law that has been…

A long-term care facility in Sterling, Virginia, is implementing a new policy requiring staff to have two negative coronavirus tests before returning to work. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.