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State officials say they cannot stop residents from being taken to sites deemed inadequate
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The proposal from Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration to tighten up rules for nursing home hurricane evacuations would prohibit state records about how well those plans are executed from being released publicly.
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Louisiana nursing home facilities report low vaccine booster rates among residents and employees.
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Several nursing homes across Louisiana are losing their licenses and senior living facilities in New Orleans are being shuttered because of deaths and unsafe or substandard living conditions during and after Hurricane Ida.
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After Hurricane Ida, the New Orleans Health Department conducted wellness checks at several senior apartment complexes and found eight facilities to be unfit for ongoing occupancy. Strike teams also found five people dead in some of these homes.
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Nursing homes across the state are now open for family visitation, after the federal government released new guidelines last week.But the rules are far…
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For the first time since April 1, the Louisiana Department of Health is identifying all of the state’s nursing homes with COVID-19 cases.
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Nearly 40 percent of the state’s COVID-19 deaths were residents of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities, but a lack of transparency and...
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More than 700 nursing home patients have been moved to higher ground in advance of Hurricane Isaac.Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday that eight nursing homes…