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COVID-19: 8 Dead, 89 Infected In Outbreak At Connecticut Nursing Home COVID-19: 8 Dead, 89 Infected In Outbreak At Connecticut Nursing Home
Covid-19: 8 Dead, 89 Infected In Outbreak At Connecticut Nursing Home Eight residents of a Connecticut nursing home have died during a COVID-19 outbreak that has lasted nearly six weeks. A total of 89 employees and residents have tested positive since the outbreak began at the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, located in Litchfield County, in the Town of Canaan, on Thursday, Sept. 30. "Despite seeing significant numbers of residents recovering from Covid," the facility's chief executive Kevin O’Connell and nursing director Cady Bloodgood said in a statement. "testing has resulted in one additional positive case among fully vaccinated resi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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DA: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Worker Kicked Patient, 91, In Head DA: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Worker Kicked Patient, 91, In Head
DA: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Worker Kicked Patient, 91, In Head A Lehigh County nursing home employee was charged with assaulting a 91-year-old combative patient. Fellowship Manor employee Julian Bailey, 48, of Whitehall, kicked the patient twice in the head on June 17, the Lehigh County district attorney's office said. The alleged incident was reported by a witness. The patient apparently had an injury on the side of his head consistent with the allegations, authorities said. Bailey was charged Monday with harassment and simple assault.  She is a certified nursing assistant at Fellowship Manor, and was apparently caring for the patient at …

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: NJ Nursing Home Where 62 People Died Reports 2 Positive Cases Among Staff COVID-19: NJ Nursing Home Where 62 People Died Reports 2 Positive Cases Among Staff
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 …

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by Cecilia Levine