NY Gov. Cuomo reportedly ordered over 4,300 recovering COVID-19 patients to be sent to nursing homes

22 May '20

NY Gov. Cuomo reportedly ordered over 4,300 recovering COVID-19 patients to be sent to nursing homes

May 22, 2020

COVID19, Featured, Nursing Homes, Skilled Nursing Facility

Jake Lahut May 22, 2020, 8:13 AM New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent more than 4,300 recovering coronavirus patients to nursing homes across the Empire State, according to the Associated Press. Cuomo’s executive order on the nursing homes — which was intended to free up hospital beds for the most critical COVID-19 […]

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6 May '20

State Ready To Pay Assisted Living Facilities To Take Coronavirus Patients

May 6, 2020

COVID19, Featured, Nursing Homes, Skilled Nursing Facility

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 By Amita Sharma The Newsom Administration has approved a plan to pay assisted living communities to take in COVID-19 patients — a move that doctors, nurses and other advocates for elderly people say is unnecessary and dangerous. The California Department of Social Services is offering to pay […]

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1 Apr '20

California orders skilled nursing facilities to accept coronavirus patients

April 1, 2020

COVID19, Featured, Media, Nursing Homes, Uncategorized

Jack Dolan,LA Times•April 1, 2020 As fears escalate about the toll the coronavirus will take on the sick and elderly in nursing homes — who are among the most vulnerable to the deadly virus — California regulators have told skilled nursing facility operators that they must accept patients even if they have the disease. […]