‘You are culpable’: Stefanik demands Cuomo apologize for COVID nursing home deaths in heated exchange
Lawmakers grilled former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his handling of controversial COVID-era nursing home policies and demanded that he apologize to families who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Cuomo testified Tuesday before a House select committee investigating the coronavirus about the deaths of elderly people after they were admitted to […]
China Turning Kindergartens into Nursing Homes
Chinese government newspaper Global Times The minister on Sunday highlighted a growing trend in the country of converting kindergarten facilities into retirement homes and adding senior citizen facilities to children's play areas and the education sector as ways of participating in the “thriving silver economy”. A state-run newspaper described the trend as an “advanced” and […]
Suspect, 78, charged in 44-year-old Texas cold case kidnapping, murder of nursing student
A 78-year-old man incarcerated nearly 2,000 miles away has been charged with sexually assaulting and murdering a 25-year-old nursing student in Texas in 1980, Austin police announced in a press release Friday. Police say DNA technology has led them to believe that Dec Brewer Jr., currently serving a prison sentence in Massachusetts on unrelated charges, […]
Tim Walz doubled down on allowing COVID patients into nursing homes despite 81% of the state’s pandemic deaths occurring there
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz faced intense criticism for placing COVID-19 patients in nursing homes during the height of the pandemic, then doubled down on that decision even as a staggering 81% of the state’s pandemic deaths occurred in nursing homes. “This was not a mistake,” Minnesota Governor Said in May 2020The North Star […]
Texas sues Biden administration over nursing home staffing rule
Texas is suing the Biden administration over a new policy mandating minimum staffing levels in nursing homes, arguing the federal Medicare agency exceeded its authority. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Texas, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, said the rule should be struck down and the administration should be […]
Gunman kills mother, 5 others in Croatian nursing home shooting
Authorities said a gunman entered a retirement home in a quiet Croatian town on Monday and opened fire, killing six people, including the man’s mother. Most of the dead were elderly people in their 80s and 90s, the prime minister said. National Police Commissioner Nikola Mirina said five people were killed instantly and another died […]
Five Killed as Gunman Goes on Nursing Home Rampage in Croatia
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — An armed assailant entered a senior care home in central Croatia on Monday and opened fire, killing five people and wounding several others, authorities and media reported. Five people died instantly, while the others were still receiving medical treatment, Index news portal reported. The suspect fled the scene, but police quickly […]
22-Year-Old Nursing Student Found Dead, Days After Judge Released Her Violent Boyfriend From Jail Against Father’s Wishes
(Left) Brisen Rivers, 23. (Photo courtesy of Harrison County Sheriff’s Department) / (Right) Lauren Johansen, 22. (Photo courtesy of public Instagram profile) By Brooke Mallory, OAN StaffThursday, July 11, 2024 4:11 PM A 22-year-old Mississippi college student was found beaten to death and covered in a sheet in the backseat of a car last week. […]
Nursing student Lauren Johansen found beaten to death after dad’s chilling warning to judge
A 22-year-old college student from Mississippi was found bludgeoned to death and wrapped in a sheet in the backseat of a car last week, days after her father warned a judge that he would kill her if her boyfriend was released from prison. Lauren Johansen’s body was found July 3 in Wolf River Cemetery in […]
Warren, Schakowsky hammer nursing home groups over opposition to minimum staffing rule
Two Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized opposition by two national organizations to new minimum staffing requirements in nearly all U.S. nursing homes, calling it “sabotage.” “We are writing about the brazen attempt by the American Health Care Association, the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) and LeadingAge to block a long-delayed CMS rule that would improve […]