Luann Thibodeau recently celebrated her 40th anniversary with her husband, Jeff. They ate dinner from Olive Garden while she remained on the other side of his nursing room window. The Thibodeaus have not been in the same room since mid-March when visitors were banned from nursing homes to slow the spread of the coronavirus. JerSean…
[ AD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS STORY ]Kalakaua Gardens, an independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing care facility in Waikiki, announced today that two employees tested positive for COVID-19. They were apparently infected outside Kalakaua Gardens, according to a news release. The two employees are quarantined at home for the next 14 days,…
By Staff |  Posted: Sat 5:07 PM, May 30, 2020  |  Updated: Sat 11:41 PM, May 30, 2020 TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) A new cluster of COVID-19 cases has been reported at a Temple nursing home, including the county's fourth COVID-19 related death, according to Bell County Public Health District Director, Amanda Robison-Chadwell. On Friday, May 29,…
CLOSENew answers about which nursing homes have been most severely impacted by COVID-19 came Friday when Michigan officials released cumulative case data on facilities that house the state’s most vulnerable population.But the accuracy of some of the numbers has been called into question by previous Free Press reporting. After the state's release, some said they don't trust the counts. The data released Friday shows nursing homes statewide…
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s plan to protect its nursing homes was robust and aggressive. In mid-March, before the coronavirus had widely taken hold across the state, emergency response officials drafted a three-page blueprint for quick strike teams of medical professionals that would respond to facilities as soon as a few positive cases were confirmed. The teams…
You’re going through something big, but you don’t speak up. You’re exhausted, but you white-knuckle through the day. Your friends offer help, but you brush it off. If this sounds familiar, you probably pride yourself for being self-sufficient and always tending to your own needs. But when you make a conscious choice to remain an
Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona –
3 min read FOR THE FIRST time, doctors have successfully completed a coronary artery bypass without cutting the patient open. They recently documented the results of the landmark surgery in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. The surgery was done on a 67-year-old man whose aortic valve was already replaced with a prosthetic. However, he developed a buildup