#Santa’s ‘grandchildren’ spread joy in Italian nursing homes

#Santa’s ‘grandchildren’ spread joy in Italian nursing homes

“#Santa’s ‘grandchildren’ spread joy in Italian nursing homes” ALZANO LOMBARDO, Italy — Emotions are running high this holiday season at the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in northern Italy near Bergamo after months of near-total isolation for its residents. Long-time resident Celestina Comotti was disbelieving as a staff member read aloud a Christmas greeting from…

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#COVID-19 vaccinations begin at NY nursing homes

#COVID-19 vaccinations begin at NY nursing homes

“#COVID-19 vaccinations begin at NY nursing homes” Coronavirus vaccines began in New York nursing homes Monday, with a 78-year old resident at one Bronx facility that’s been ravaged by COVID-19 getting his shot. Kelly Dixon eagerly pushed up a sleeve of his brown shirt to get the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech during an…

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#NJ nursing homes won’t get COVID-19 vaccine this week

#NJ nursing homes won’t get COVID-19 vaccine this week

“#NJ nursing homes won’t get COVID-19 vaccine this week” New Jersey nursing home residents won’t be getting vaccinated Monday — because state officials missed the deadline. “In order to start on the 21st there was a deadline of the 7th … we missed that date by a day,” Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli admitted at a…

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#COVID-19 outbreak makes us ‘sitting ducks’

#COVID-19 outbreak makes us ‘sitting ducks’

“#COVID-19 outbreak makes us ‘sitting ducks’” An Ohio nursing home resident says a massive COVID-19 outbreak has turned its residents into “sitting ducks” who can’t afford to wait for a vaccine — prompting him to call 911 to plead they “need to be rescued.” Bruce MacGillis, 64, said he feels “trapped” and “desperate” as he waits…

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#Nursing-home horrors go way beyond the virus

#Nursing-home horrors go way beyond the virus

“#Nursing-home horrors go way beyond the virus” The failure to protect nursing-home residents is by now a depressingly familiar fact of the pandemic in America — especially in the Empire State, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grievous March order forcing homes to accept COVID-positive patients led to the death of at least 6,000 New Yorkers (the…

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#Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows

#Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows

“#Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows” When COVID-19 tore through Donald Wallace’s nursing home, he was one of the lucky few to avoid infection. He died a horrible death anyway. Hale and happy before the pandemic, the 75-year-old retired Alabama truck driver became so malnourished and dehydrated that he dropped to 98 pounds and…

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