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Pascack Valley, NJ
News
Covid-
19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak
A COVID-19 outbreak at a Bergen County nursing home has been linked to an area hospital worker. Twelve residents and eight staff members at CareOne At Valley in Westwood were involved in the outbreak, according to the New Jersey Health Department. Surveillance testing and contact tracing efforts linked the new cases at the 120-bed facility on Old Hook Road to a local hospital worker, the company said in a statement. The hospital was not identified. New residents at the nursing home were not being accepted as of Friday out of an abundance of caution. The Old Hook Road home moved the r…
Edison, NJ
News
Covid-
19: NJ Nursing Home Where 62 People Died Reports 2 Positive Cases Among Staff
A pair of staff members at a New Jersey nursing home where more than 100 people died of COVID-19 tested positive for the virus -- and later tested negative, reports say. One staff member at New Jersey Memorial Veterans Home at Menlo Park tested positive Oct. 1 and the other Oct. 6, NorthJersey.com reports. However, they both later tested negative and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs considers the cases false positives, the spokesperson told the outlet. State officials consider the cases an outbreak because they occurred within two weeks of each other. None of the …
Hartford, CT
News
Covid-
19 Outbreak At 2 Nursing Homes In Same Town - 2 Dead
After two nursing homes in the same town have experienced COVID-19 outbreaks, the state is stepping in to monitor the situation. Avon Health Care nursing home has reported 22 residents tested positive for CVID-19 - three of them have been taken to the hospital and one died, according to Patch. Also, 14 staff members have tested positive, too. The other outbreak is at the REsidence at Brookside an assisted living center. There are 11 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 and an 86-year-old man has died. The two outbreaks may be connected by a Brookside resident who spread the virus…
Massapequa, NY
Politics
Covid-
19: There's No Need For Investigation Of NY Nursing Home Deaths, Cuomo Says
Gov. Andrew Cuomo rebuffed the idea of an independent investigation into deaths in New York nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some politicians have been calling for investigations into the conditions that led to thousands of COVID-19 deaths reported in nursing homes and assisted living facilities since the virus started spreading five months ago. During a conference call with media members this week, Cuomo said that there’s no need to conduct an investigation into nursing home deaths, stating that it would be impossible to separate politics from facts. Cuomo has been insistent th…
Worcester, MA
Business
MassHealth Initiates Plan To Cut Off Worcester Nursing Home Due To Poor Care
A Worcester nursing home is among three facilities MassHealth is threatening to cut off due to alleged poor performance. Hermitage Healthcare in Worcester, as well as Town and Country in Lowell, and Wareham Healthcare in Wareham, were issued initial termination notices Monday, Aug. 3, according to the Boston Business Journal. The notice is the first step in the process to close a facility off from the state health insurance program for low-income families and those with disabilities. If MassHealth would cut off the facilities, it means that MassHealth would not pay for any of its clients to…
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
Lawsuit
: Bergen County-Owned Nursing Home Director Discriminated Against Non-Filipino Nurses
A federal lawsuit filed by four nurses claims the director of a Bergen County-owned nursing home discriminated against non-Filipino nurses and caused them to "fear for their jobs." Violetta Arcilla is accused of forcing out non-Filipino nurses, docking pay, wielding discipline unfairly and offering Filipino nurses better schedules, NorthJersey.com reports. Arcilla, whose Facebook page says she is from Belleville, has been at the helm of the 100-bed Rockleigh home since 2015, the article says. The suit was filed by Carmen Mabille, Maureen Beech, Rita Blaser and Barbara Masten last mont…
Fairfield, CT
News
2,500 Nursing Home Employees In CT Could Go On Strike
As more than 30,000 Stop & Shop employees in New England continue their strike amid labor negotiations, thousands of nurses may be forming their own picket lines as they prepare to go on strike. The Health Care Workers Union sent out strike notices to nearly two dozen Connecticut nursing homes over the weekend, as approximately 2,500 employees have been working without a contract since 2015 and have only seen a 2 percent raise during that time. The nurses in 20 nursing homes voted to approve a strike that will take place on May 1 by a 1,449 to 78 vote. The strike is expected to impact s…
Monroe, NY
News
Search For Suspect, Historic Home Three-Alarm Fire Top Orange County News
ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. - The search for a female suspect in a larceny at Stop & Shop in Monroe and a fire at a historic City of Newburgh home were among the top stories this week in Orange County. Click here to read the story. Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the full story): Orange County health commissioner resigns Cashless tolling amnesty info announced for new Tappan Zee Bridge Amazon names 20 finalists for its second headquarters, which will have 50,000 employees with an average salary of $100,000 annually. Conditions, staffing levels un…
Monroe, NY
News
Conditions, Staffing Levels Under Investigation At Goshen Nursing Home
GOSHEN, N.Y. -- A nursing home in Goshen is being investigated by the state Department of Health. Sapphire Nursing and Rehab in Goshen is under investigation over staffing levels and its living conditions according to the Times Herald-Record. The company recently slashed its staff in half and has only 17 nurses. Rep. Sean Maloney (D-Cold Spring) said he was disturbed when he heard complaints from family members. “I’m glad that the State Department of Health is taking this seriously and will do some work on the ground to make sure the older Americans in these facilities are receiving the qu…
