Although many patients recover from pressure ulcers, undiagnosed and untreated bedsores can cause osteomyelitis and other serious infections. Severe infections associated with bed sores can lead to sepsis and even death. Nursing home residents who are bedridden are at...
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...
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...
Are PA, NJ COVID nursing home deaths out of control? According to an article last week in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the U.S. Justice Department is considering pursuing a civil rights investigation into COVID-related nursing home deaths in certain states, New Jersey...
Bucks County COVID-19 Deaths: Area Braces for a Projected Increase of Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes According to a Doylestown Patch article, 8 people perished from COVID-19 in Bucks County, PA, on April 15. Seven of them were residents of the county’s long-term...
Ravaged by COVID-19, Andover Nursing Home Overwhelmed by Deaths 17 Bodies Found at New Jersey Nursing Home A recent New York Times article stated it was an anonymous tip that brought police to the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II in Andover, N.J.,...
