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One Resident Still Missing as St. Louis Nursing Home Abruptly Closes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – One person is still missing a week after the abrupt closure of St. Louis` largest nursing home left roughly 170 residents scattered at new facilities throughout the city, a state health department spokeswoman confirmed late last …

Visiting Nurse’s Killing at Halfway House Renews Pleas for Home Health Care Safety

The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care workers are increasingly …

New York Court Upholds Nursing Home COVID-19 Immunity

A New York state appellate court has ruled that an April 2021 state law repealing a March 2020 grant of immunity to nursing homes over their handling of COVID-19 patients is not retroactive. The ruling means a nursing facility in …

California Care Home Charged in Connection With COVID Deaths

A Southern California residential care home company and three of its managers have been charged in connection with 14 COVID-related deaths at one of its facilities three years ago, prosecutors said. The criminal complaint alleges Silverado Senior Living Management failed …

Funeral Home Finds Woman Alive Hours After Nursing Home Pronounced Her Dead

An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken, authorities said. The woman was pronounced dead at Water’s Edge Rehab …

U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Dispute Over Nursing Home COVID Suits

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear California nursing home operator Glenhaven Healthcare’s bid to avoid a lawsuit filed in state court over the COVID-19 death of a resident, turning away the company’s effort to move the case …

Vermont Settles Neglect Charges With 4 Residential Care Homes

The Vermont attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with the operator of four residential care homes in the Rutland area over allegations it failed to properly train staff and adequately document and monitor the delivery of services. In its …

1 Dead After Seniors in California Served Dishwashing Liquid At Home

A resident of a San Francisco Bay Area senior citizens home died after being mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice, the home said. Three residents of Atria Park Senior Living Facility in San Mateo, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) …

Nursing Home Denied ‘Unconscionable’ Arbitration Where Patient Was Blind, Alone

A Pittsburgh nursing home has been barred from relying upon an arbitration agreement to settle a family’s wrongful death complaint where the arbitration papers had been signed by the deceased woman when she was blind, on medication and in severe …

Shares in French Care Homes Company Korian Drop as It Faces Group Lawsuit

Shares in French care homes company Korian slid lower on Monday after a Paris lawyer said she was preparing a group lawsuit against the company. Lawyer Sarah Saldmann told FranceInfo radio over the weekend that she had received “dozens of …