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California Nursing Home Reports 154 Virus Cases, 8 Deaths

A Central California nursing home has 154 cases of the coronavirus and eight residents have died in one of the largest single outbreaks in the state, it was reported. The numbers reported by Redwood Springs Healthcare Center in Visalia, a …

Washington Nursing Home Sued Over Coronavirus Death

The daughter of a woman who died of a suspected coronavirus case at a Seattle-area nursing home connected to dozens of COVID-19 deaths is suing the company that owns the Life Care Center of Kirkland. The Life Care Center has …

10 Nursing Homes in Colorado Have COVID-19 Outbreaks

The Colorado Department of Health has released the names and locations of nine of the 10 nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are facing outbreaks of COVID-19 in response to a public records request filed by The Denver Post. …

Family Files $1.27M Wrongful Death Suit Against Oregon Nursing Home

The family of an 86-year-old woman who died following a fall is suing a nursing home for $1.27 million. The Statesman-Journal reported the wrongful death lawsuit, filed this week in Marion County Circuit Court, accuses the staff at Avamere Court …

Oregon Woman Files $1M Suit Nursing Home Death of Father

A woman has filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit against a Florence, Ore. nursing home that cared for her 83-year-old father, claiming that it didn’t do enough to address health symptoms that led to his death. The Register-Guard reported that …

Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Washington Nursing Home

A nursing home in Marysville, Wash has again been accused of giving a patient inadequate care that resulted in death. The Daily Herald reported an Edmonds lawyer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Marysville Care Center in connection to …

Report Finds Oversight Of California Nursing Home Chains Lacking

The California Department of Public Health does not try to determine how nursing home chains compare on key quality measures even though the information would be valuable and potentially life-saving for consumers, a newspaper in the state capital reported Sunday. …

After Fertilizer Blast, Nursing Home Deaths Higher Than Usual

While the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, destroyed much of the nursing home next to it, almost all of its residents survived that first night. But two months after the blast, 14 of the residents have …

Indiana Nursing Home Patient’s Family Sues over Death

Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home’s owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley’s family filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Insurance against the Marion County …