A nursing home resident from Parma, Ohio-based Broadview Multi-Care Center has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, marking Cuyahoga County's second confirmed case this week, according to Cleveland.com.
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Health officials are investigating a Legionnaires' case involving a former resident at a senior living facility in Strongsville, Ohio, according to NBC affiliate WKYC 3 News.
Health officials on Sept. 12 confirmed two additional Legionnaires' cases in the surrounding community of a Batavia, Ill.-based senior living home, which reported 12 cases in late August, according to the Daily Herald.
U.S. News & World Report is offering consumers data on more than 8,700 assisted living communities nationwide through a new assisted living directory.
Post-hospital spending for Medicare patients is consistently higher than that of private insurers, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
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Nursing homes and assisted living facilities across Florida's Atlantic coast began preparing to move residents out of harm's way ahead of Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 3, according to The New York Times.
Four residents of Batavia, Ill.-based Covenant Living at the Holmstad have been hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease, according to Patch.
Almost 75 percent of New York City's nursing homes have lower-than-average staffing levels, CMS data show, which has a negative impact on patient health outcomes, according to City Limits.
Fortune has released its second annual Best Workplaces in Aging Services list honoring senior caregiving companies that foster a great culture.
Despite a federal push to require nursing homes to establish antibiotic stewardship programs, about 25 percent have policies that are not comprehensive, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.