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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CT: Virus Reaches Waterford Nursing Home
Karen Florin - Apr 3, 2020
Family members and staff at the Bayview Health Care nursing home received the news that they had been dreading since the coronavirus outbreak reached Connecticut.
Two residents in the long-term unit of the 127-bed facility have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. One patient, a female, remains in isolation at Bayview while another resident, a...
VT: Senior Living Concerns Over Coronavirus
Erin Brown - Apr 3, 2020
Senior living facilities in Chittenden County are on high alert after three people connected to Pinecrest in Essex Junction died of COVID-19. Now, people whose elderly parents live in similar communities are wondering if they’re safe.
Three women whose parents live at Taft Farm are worried about cross-contamination between Taft Farm and Pinecrest since they’re both...
TN: Health Department Identifies Memphis Assisted Living Facility With COVID-19 Outbreak
Katherine Burgess - Apr 3, 2020
Carriage Court of Memphis , located at 1645 W. Massey Road, has been identified as the East Memphis assisted living facility where an outbreak of coronavirus, or COVID-19, has occurred.
The Shelby County Health Department identified the facility in an email Wednesday morning.
Altogether, there are six known cases of COVID-19 at the facility, including five residents and...
MA: Littleton Assisted Living Facility Failed to Comply With Coronavirus Protocol
- Apr 3, 2020
Officials in one Massachusetts town are expressing concern that an assisted living facility has failed to comply with COVID-19 protocol after a staff member and a patient both tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Littleton Director of Public Health Jim Garreffi said that Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley failed to cooperate with health agents who responded to the facility after the...
NY: Kingsway in Schenectady Confirms COVID-19 Death
Pete DeMola - Apr 3, 2020
A Kingsway Manor Assisted Living resident has died from coronavirus, Kingsway confirmed on Tuesday.
A 92 year-old woman received a positive test result and died on Sunday, said Kingsway spokesperson Sharon Sleicher.
Cheyenne Provost said her grandmother was transported to Ellis Hospital on Thursday after having difficulty breathing.
After testing positive for...