Family can’t sue nursing home after resident’s undiagnosed COVID led to husband’s death
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2024
The family of a former nursing home patient cannot sue the facility or a doctor there for discharging her while a COVID-19 test was pending, even though she soon passed the virus onto her husband, who...
Seniors’ misconceptions about advanced cancer may reduce use of hospice services: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 02, 2022
Older adults with advanced cancer often misjudge the time they have left to live. This may increase their chances for unnecessary hospitalization and likelihood to neglect hospice care, investigators say.
Mortality risk increased for MS patients soon after CRC diagnosis
Sep 16, 2021
Associations between MS and all-cause, cancer-specific death partially attenuated after adjustment for disability status
Provider group: Residents’ Irma-related deaths ‘not representative’ of profession
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Sep 15, 2017
The deaths of eight nursing home residents after Hurricane Irma knocked out air conditioning at their facility are “an isolated incident” that shouldn’t be seen as characteristic of the...