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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CA: Manteca Senior Care Facility Member Dies
- Mar 26, 2020
An assisted living home resident in Manteca has died from complications after contracting the novel coronavirus.
OR: Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Alzheimer’s Home
Fedor Zarkhin - Mar 26, 2020
An employee at a senior care home for people with dementia has tested positive for the new coronavirus, managers said Thursday, raising the number of elder care homes in Oregon with infected employees or residents to four.
The person works at Maryville Memory Care in Beaverton and does not provide direct care to residents, said Stacy Kean, a spokeswoman for Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon...
LA: Officials Identify 5 of 6 Coronavirus Clusters at Elder Homes
Youseff Rddad and Faimon A. Roberts III (PHOTO CREDIT: Bill Feig) - Mar 26, 2020
State leaders on Thursday affirmed its previous total of six coronavirus clusters — and named two more — even as they said they expect that number to grow, especially within communities housing the elderly who are at the highest risk of serious complications if sickened by the virus.
The St. James Place home in Baton Rouge and the Vista Shores Assisted Living and Memory Care...
CT: Five Employees Test Positive for Coronavirus at Ridgefield Senior Facility
Peter Yankowski - Mar 26, 2020
Five employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at an assisted-living facility that has already seen two residents die from the disease and over a dozen residents become infected.
Officials at Ridgefield Crossings , a facility operated by Benchmark Senior Living off Route 7, said Thursday an additional employee there is awaiting test results for the virus.
“These associates,...
FL: Despite Silence From State, Feds, 2nd Jacksonville Facility Reports COVID-19
Kelly Wiley - Mar 26, 2020
More than one Jacksonville long-term care facility has a patient who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but state and federal officials will not name the facilities where people got sick or say how many sick patients they have.
News4Jax learned Thursday that Taylor Manor on Chester Avenue in the San Jose area has one patient who tested positive.
We have one resident who is...