St. Olaf Residence is an 80-bed nursing home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Medicare has designated the St. Olaf Residence as a “Special Focus Facility,” which means Medicare has added this nursing home to its list troubled facilities. Medicare rates nursing homes, including this nursing…
Keeping a Loved One in a Nursing Home Safe From Coronavirus
Most of the first deaths in the United States from COVID-19 were of residents of a long-term care facility in Washington state. The federal government has issued new guidelines in an attempt to keep nursing home residents safe from COVID-19. The new federal guidelines, issued in a paper called a “guidance”, direct nursing homes to take action to prevent the spread of infection.
An Alabama woman is wanted for preying on nursing home patients while on a spree of credit card fraud, according to the Trussville Times. Waheedah Diana Johnson was featured on the Jefferson County (Alabama) Sheriff Office’s Facebook page as the “Creep…