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Nursing and rest homes hit hard by coronavirus; one Maryland home reports 66 cases

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 147 nursing homes in 27 states had patients with COVID-19, and the problem has only worsened since.
March 30, 2020, 11:39 AM EDT
By Elisha Fieldstadt
More than five dozen residents of Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mount Airy, Maryland, have tested positive for coronavirus, according to health officials there.

Eleven of the residents are hospitalized. One resident with the virus, a man who was in his 90s and had underlying health conditions, died Saturday night, Carroll County Health Officer Ed Singer said during a news conference Sunday.

Singer said the facility, with 104 beds, reported two positive cases on March 27. The next day, the case count had risen to 66.

"Pleasant View Mt. Airy had previously implemented multiple prevention measures according to state and federal guidance," but the virus spread rapidly regardless, according to the Carroll County Health Department.

Nursing and rest homes across the country, which house some of those most vulnerable to suffer severe COVID-19 complications, are becoming hot spots for the virus. Many of the facilities are on lockdown, allowing only staff and residents inside, to try to slow the spread, leaving loved ones to worry from afar.

A nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, was the site of the first major U.S. coronavirus cluster, and since then nursing homes, assisted care facilities and other places that house the elderly and sick have faced similar outbreaks.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 147 nursing homes in 27 states had patients with COVID-19, and the problem has only worsened since. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the virus spreading "like fire through dry grass" in such facilities.

"I don't think it's extremely unusual to see something like this, when it's unknown, to spread through a nursing home in this way," Singer said of the Maryland outbreak. He added that Pleasant View Nursing Home was continuing to comply with infection control guidance, and all staff was wearing personal protective equipment since some of the residents who tested positive were asymptomatic.

And "multiple state agencies are on the scene and working closely with the local health department and the facility as they take u...https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ports-n1171921

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Multiple San Diego nursing homes dealing with coronavirus cases


Posted: 2:06 PM, Mar 27, 2020

Updated: 8:37 PM, Mar 27, 2020
By: Jennifer Kastner
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Two San Diego nursing homes are now dealing with positive cases of COVID-19.

La Vida Real, an assisted living center in Rancho San Diego, confirmed to 10News that four of its staff members have tested positive for coronavirus.

The facility is one of 32 owned by the Senior Resource Group. It’s the second local assisted living center to be hit with COVID-19.

This Wednesday, San Diego County officials confirmed to 10News a positive case at Stellar Care Center, just south of the College Area.

Across the country, concerns over the spread of the virus in nursing homes keeps growing:

• In Kirkland, Washington, an outbreak at the Life Care assisted living center lead to at least 35 reported deaths.
• In Louisiana, eleven deaths have now been linked to a retirement community out of New Orleans.
• In Mount Laurel, New Jersey, three patients at a nursing home have now died after testing positive....https://www.10news.com/news/coronavi...onavirus-cases

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10 nursing homes in Colorado have coronavirus outbreaks

State health officials announced outbreaks at five facilities on March 22, but declined to identify them or say how many residents and staff members had tested positive for COVID-19. The state is still not saying how may positive tests are tied to the care centers.

Six residents and one staff member at the Inglenook At Brighton facility in Adams County have tested positive, said Ralph Borrego, the facility’s director of nursing. All residents are isolated in the memory care unit and are recovering well, he said Saturday.

“They are all up, no fevers for past four to five days, eating, drinking and exercising,” Borrego said, adding that none of the residents in the independent and assisted living section of the facility have displayed any symptoms. “It is 100% contained within that unit.”

The staff member has been isolated at home....https://apnews.com/7b518d4424a72e2907870cc738fe2cbb

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At least 6 Alabama nursing homes have coronavirus patients, report says

Alabama has reported at least eight patients spread across six nursing homes who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a Saturday report.

The numbers represented a startling jump from just two weeks ago when the state’s nursing homes reported zero cases. Among the coronavirus patients were one employee and two nurses, al.com reported.....NHS Management, the company running South Haven Health and Rehabilitation in Hoover, outside Birmingham, announced in a statement that residents who received care from the infected nurses were being tested, and no residents have been “infected with the virus at this time.”

At another facility operated by the company, a resident tested positive for the virus after exhibiting flu-like symptoms last week, al.com reported.
......https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-n...virus-patients

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota residents are worried about their elderly loved ones as the coronavirus outbreak spreads to nursing homes.

At least 17 people living in nine senior care facilities across the state have become infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, the Star Tribune reported. Public health officials are concerned that the virus already has spread to more facilities but has not been detected....https://apnews.com/4e869afdb381dbd78fe9a454b5af404e

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115 nursing home residents, staff test positive for COVID-19 in Sumner County, Tenn.

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - More than 100 residents and staff at the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation have tested positive for the novel coronavirus after receiving test results Sunday.

According to WSMV in Nashville, Sumner County officials have reported two of those residents died due to the virus.

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By WMCActionNews5.com Staff | March 29, 2020 at 7:59 PM CDT - Updated March 30 at 10:21 AM

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - More than 100 residents and staff at the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation have tested positive for the novel coronavirus after receiving test results Sunday.

According to WSMV in Nashville, Sumner County officials have reported two of those residents died due to the virus.

Just days after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the executive order restricting outside visitors to enter assisted living facilities and nursing homes, officials worked with the Gallatin Center to evacuate 23 residents Friday.
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Saturday, National Guardsmen began testing all residents and staff at the rehabilitation center. Residents who were showing symptoms of the virus were isolated.

The COVID-19 Unified Command created by Lee along with the Tennessee Department of Health says by Sunday, 59 additional residents and 33 staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The affected residents have been hospitalized and staff members are currently isolated at home.

WMC5 (Nashville, TN) - https://bit.ly/3aAFkba

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8 miles from me

New COVID-19 clusters reported at Henrico senior living facilities


Posted: 10:25 PM, Mar 29, 2020

Updated: 12:56 AM, Mar 30, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. -- The health director for Richmond and Henrico has identified three new COVID-19 clusters at area nursing homes.

Dr. Danny Avula, the health director for the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts, said there are three COVID-19 cases at Beth Sholom Rehabilitation and three positive cases at the Masonic Home in eastern Henrico.

The director said the health department is working with the staff at both facilities to help slow transmission to other patients.

Officials declined to name the third facility with new COVID-19 cases.

Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, where eight residents have died of COVID-19-related illnesses, is seeing the largest outbreak in Central Virginia. Thirty-seven other residents as well as six staffers have tested positive for the virus.

However, Avula said Sunday infection prevention protocols put in place by the medical staff at the facility appear to be working....https://www.wtvr.com/news/coronaviru...ing-facilities

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27 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported at Tucson nursing facility

• Posted Mar 30, 2020, 12:25 pm

Dylan SmithTucsonSentinel.com

A Tucson nursing home and rehab center has reported 27 confirmed coronavirus cases among its staff and patients. Sapphire of Tucson, on the South Side, announced the test results Monday morning.

The facility, just south of Banner UMC South — the former Kino Hospital — has 24 residents and 3 staffers who tested positive for the virus, company representatives said.

"As soon as the first patient showed symptoms, we were immediately in touch with the Pima County Department of Health," the company said in a news release.

"The source of the infection is unclear and remains under investigation," the company said.

There are 187 reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 patients in Pima County, among 1,157 in Arizona. 6 have died here, among 20 deaths across the state.

"We continue to collaborate closely with Arizona Department of Health Services and county health officials. We are also in contact multiple times a day with additional health experts in Tucson, ensuring we are taking every possible step to provide the appropriate care to all our residents," said representatives for Sapphire, a 240-bed facility near East Ajo Way and South Country Club Road.

Visits to the facility are being restricted for the next two weeks...http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/...sing-facility/

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Louisiana
By Chris Finch and Nicole Mumphrey | March 27, 2020 at 12:03 PM CDT - Updated March 30 at 2:30 PM


....The Department of Health has identified COVID-19 clusters in 28 long-term care facilities in the state.

There are a total of 436 nursing homes and adult residential care facilities in Louisiana. Below is the current list of confirmed clusters, meaning the facilities the Department has had time to properly notify:

• Bayside Health
• Chateau De Notre Dame
• Chateau D'Ville
• Chateau St. James
• Colonial Nursing Home
• Good Samaritan, New Orleans
• Guesthouse of Slidell Nursing Home
• Inspired Living Kenner
• Jo Ellen Smith Living Center
• Lakeview Manor Nursing Home
• Lambeth House
• Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen
• Luling Living Center
• Marrero Health Care Center
• Montclair Park Assisted Living Shreveport
• Nouveau Marc
• Ollie Steele Burden Manor Nursing Home
• Poydras Home
• River Palms Nursing and Rehab
• Riverbend Nursing and Rehab
• Saint Anthony's Nursing Home
• Saint James Place
• Saint Joseph of Harahan
• Saint Jude's Nursing Home
• Saint Martin's Manor
• South East Louisiana Veterans Home
• The Suites at Algiers Point
• Vista Shores

A cluster is identified as two or more cases that appear to be connected.

As far as veterans, the VA Hospital in New Orleans says five people have died in their care in the last 24 hours because of COVID-19. Edwards, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and state health officials said patients who are old, have underlying conditions - like diabetes, obesity, and lung problems - are most at risk...https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/27/...umbers-friday/

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Should You Consider Taking a Loved One Out of a Long-Term Care Facility Now?


Photo by MangoStar_Studio/Getty Images

by Lori Frank, Sharon Inouye, Gary Epstein-Lubow, Robyn Stone, Lewis Lipsitz

March 30, 2020

As modern living as we know it is drastically changing during this pandemic, so is assisted living. Already, many of us are facing difficult decisions about whether someone we know should stay in an assisted living facility or be taken out due to the coronavirus crisis. (In Worcester, Mass., the Beaumont Rehabiliation and Skilled Nursing Center nursing home is moving residents to other nursing facilities to make room for recovering COVID-19 patients.) If you're in the position of bringing someone to hunker down with you, is it even a good idea?

Here is our guidance as long-term care and medical experts, speaking partly based on our own experiences:

Recently, Lori Frank's husband asked his 89-year-old mother if she had thought about leaving her assisted living facility and moving in with them. She needs help to get dressed and to walk. The couple has a guest room, b....https://www.rand.org/blog/2020/03/sh...of-a-long.html

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Colleen Shalby

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LA County is investigating cases at 25 different institutions, including 18 nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities. 11 facilities have 3 or more coronavirus cases - the mark of an outbreak, Barbara Ferrer said.https://twitter.com/CShalby/status/1244721314377510917

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At least 18 people at Franklin senior living facility test positive for COVID-19


Posted: 4:30 PM, Mar 30, 2020

Updated: 4:30 PM, Mar 30, 2020: Rafael S?nchez
Photo by: Cornelius Hocker/RTV6 Photo

FRANKLIN — At least 18 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at a senior living facility in Franklin, according to county health officials.

Two of the people who have tested positive for the virus are employees at the facility, according to the Johnson County Health Department. One of the people who tested positive is from Marion County....https://www.theindychannel.com/news/...e-for-covid-19

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Pennsylvania
Coronavirus In Beaver County: 2 Nursing Home Coronavirus Patients Die, 19 People Test Positive

Doctor: All COVID-19 Patients Are From The Dementia Unit
March 30, 2020 at 4:32 pm

SEWICKLEY, Pa. (KDKA) – Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Beaver County has nearly 20 residents that have tested positive for coronavirus. Two of them passed away overnight, KDKA’s Nicole Ford learned.

Dr. Dave Thimons says they started seeing cases late Thursday night and the numbers have only grown. So far, 19 people have tested positive for COVID-19.

Nicole Ford✔@NicoleFordTV
BREAKING: Dr. Dave Thimons tells me that two people who tested positive at Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center in Beaver County died overnight. They’ve had 19 people test positive for COVID-19, 11 more pending. All from the dementia unit.

They created an isolation unit where 25 people are right now. Thirteen people there tested positive, one is being re-tested and 11 are still waiting on results.

Four others who tested positive are at Heritage Valley Beaver Hospital.

The doctor says everyone was from the dementia unit at their facility and they have not seen signs of the virus on any other floor....https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020...-patients-die/

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Tennessee

Dozens more Gallatin nursing home residents, staff test positive for COVID-19

Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean
Published 12:35 p.m. CT March 29, 2020 | Updated 9:45 a.m. CT March 30, 2020
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An additional 59 Gallatin nursing home residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and are being taken to Sumner Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Thirty-three Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing staff members also tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but are isolating at home.

The new numbers were announced Sunday evening via a news release from Gov. Bill Lee's office. In total, 74 residents of the nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Lee's spokeswoman Laine Arnold.

Two nursing home residents have died, said Sumner County Mayor Anthony Holt during a Sunday evening news conference.

Holt pleaded with all who live in Sumner County to take seriously his call to stay home.

"I am begging, I am pleading, I am asking that you stay home if at all possible. Keep your loved ones safe. This is serious," Holt said.

The governor's COVID-19 Unified Command — a joint operation between Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Department of Military and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency — is involved in addressing the outbreak at the Gallatin center. ...https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...us/2935826001/

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Kansas health officials confirm another Life Care Center coronavirus outbreak

At least eight people have contracted the novel coronavirus from an outbreak at a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Burlington, a city of less than 3,000 in eastern Kansas.

The facility is owned by Life Care Center, the company that owns nursing homes linked to deaths in Seattle and Wyandotte County, according to Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

State health officials said they are studying how the outbreak in Burlington started.

Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) - https://bit.ly/2QVnUxO