This curated news feed of stories related to nursing home and long-term care around the country includes articles and reports from media outlets and press releases from Families for Better Care.
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TX: San Antonio Nursing Home Confirms Two Cases of COVID-19
Amanda Henderson - Mar 27, 2020
A local woman is speaking out after COVID-19 put her in the hospital.
Priscilla Mata is a Certified Nursing Assistant at Southeast Nursing and Rehab but is not the only person at the Nursing Home to have COVID-19.
In a press release, the Nursing Home said a resident there also has the virus.
It's something Mata said the Nursing Home needs to be careful with so no one else gets...
NY: Uniondale Nursing Home Has 21 COVID-19 Cases
John Asbury and Robert Brodsky - Mar 27, 2020
A cluster of COVID-19 cases at the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in Uniondale has grown from 18 to 21 as nursing homes across Long Island brace for an increase in coronavirus cases and work to equip their facilities with ventilators, officials said Friday.
Nassau Democratic Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams, whose district includes Uniondale, said all patients at A. Holly...
MO: Coronavirus Hits Nursing Home Run by Company Linked to Deaths in Kansas, Washington
Laura Bauer - Mar 27, 2020
Another nursing home in Missouri is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak after four residents and two workers tested positive.
The residents from Life Care Center of St. Louis are hospitalized and the workers are recovering at home, the director of the facility said in an email statement sent to The Star.
This is the third outbreak for Life Care Centers of America , which also...
MD: 2 Coronavirus Cases Found at Mount Airy Nursing Home
Mary Grace Keller (PHOTO CREDIT: Google) - Mar 27, 2020
Two residents of a Mount Airy nursing home have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and more than 60 other residents are awaiting test results, according to a county health department news release.
The residents with COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, are women in their 50s at Pleasant View Nursing Home , in Carroll County, the Friday night release reads. They have been...
NE: More COVID-19 Cases Confirmed
Erin Duffy - Mar 27, 2020
The latest coronavirus cases announced Friday involve a Papillion nursing home resident and a Dodge County man in his 30s, both of whom are hospitalized.
Others who recently tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, are a Bellevue parks employee, three Sarpy County residents, three Douglas County residents and a Lancaster County man in his 30s.
In a...