by Christie D'Agostino | Mar 8, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, New Jersey COVID-19 nursing homes, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus, PA nursing home COVID-19, vaccine distribution
Even with rising vaccinations and plummeting infections, strict COVID nursing home visitation rules remain in place With the arrival of COVID vaccines, the question of when family members can visit their loved ones in nursing homes is being asked with increasing...
by Christie D'Agostino | Jan 24, 2021 | coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing homes coronavirus
A number of systemic problems that existed prior to the coronavirus pandemic are responsible for the failure of American nursing homes against the virus, says a recent article in the New York Times, and unless certain measures are implemented toward change, the...
by Christie D'Agostino | Jan 4, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing homes coronavirus
Seeking answers, but met with silence, residents are left to wonder if they’ll be the next to disappear as the coronavirus pandemic ravages a Bronx assisted living facility. A communication breakdown amid a raging COVID-19 outbreak made for nightmare conditions within...
by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 29, 2020 | coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus
In PA, they released the revised nursing home COVID-19 guidance. The guidance’s updated visitation policy seeks to address the adverse mental, emotional, and physical effects of prolonged resident isolation. Updated guidance for how Pennsylvania nursing homes should...
by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 18, 2020 | coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home data, nursing home deaths, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus
There is a COVID-19 nursing home crisis. In August advocates for Pennsylvania nursing home residents released a report that proposed immediate reforms the state might make to address those shortcomings that rendered PA long-term care facilities so vulnerable during...
by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 15, 2020 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home deaths, nursing homes coronavirus
Agents to Investigate Allegations of Fraud and Neglect During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Says the Department of Justice Two Pennsylvania nursing homes—one of which suffered the state’s highest nursing home COVID-19 tolls—were raided by federal and state investigators...
