(Natural News) The novel coronavirus?—a global pandemic currently ravaging most parts of the world?—has been spreading among vulnerable elderly as the number of infection cases rises in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities throughout the United States. This finding follows a deadly coronavirus outbreak that ravaged a nursing home in the Seattle area. The infectious disease […]

(Natural News) Federal authorities have announced an investigation into the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of the coronavirus outbreak. The news comes just as the total death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11, with the first reported death outside of Washington state. Officials in California’s Placer County near Sacramento announced that an older adult who had […]

(Natural News) It seems too unreal to even contemplate, but authorities in Texas are taking it seriously. An illegal alien from Kenya was arrested last week and charged in connection with a dozen deaths of mostly elderly white women in Texas, but according to authorities, he may actually have had a hand in at least […]

(Natural News) Thorough hand washing practices in all healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes, can prolong life and reduce prescription drug use, a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found. Researchers of the study looked at the effect of implementing a multi-component hand hygiene program among nursing homes, as these places are […]

(Natural News) A new study concluded that many nursing homes in California may be inflating their own self-assessment to boost their scores in the Five-Star Quality Rating System. With a higher score, these nursing homes can charge their clients extra, and receive special status in Medicare for being a “trusted” facility. These results are disturbing […]

(Natural News) A study that was published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the journal of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), concluded that failure to change gloves, which is common among nursing assistants, may rank as one of the top causes of dangerous pathogens in nursing […]

(Natural News) We’ve heard a lot in recent years about nursing homes overmedicating their patients with psych drugs to sedate them in order to make them easier to manage, a heartless practice that puts their lives in jeopardy. This still occurs to a disturbing degree, but tighter regulations by the government on dangerous antipsychotic drugs […]

(Natural News) It’s hard not to feel the overwhelming urge to take the best care of yourself possible when you hear what happens to elderly people in nursing homes. While horror stories involving specific incidents of mistreatment hit the headlines every now and then and can be extremely disturbing, a much more insidious problem is […]