AT LEAST 14 DEAD IN COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT CONCORD NURSING FACILITY

30 Jun '20

AT LEAST 14 DEAD IN COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT CONCORD NURSING FACILITY

June 30, 2020

The outbreak is among the largest in the East Bay ONCORD — At least 14 people are dead after COVID-19 infected 75 people at an East Bay skilled nursing facility, according to data published by the state. The state Department of Public Health’s latest report shows that 14 patients at […]

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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. […]