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Sex Offenders Found Living In Local Elderly Care Facilities
By David Goldstein LOS ANGELES (CBS) — No one expects a sex offender to be living in a nursing home but that is what we uncovered — 100 sex offenders living in local facilities for the elderly....
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Drug-Resistant ‘Super Bug’ Hits LA County Hospitals, Nursing Homes
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A deadly drug-resistant bacteria is spreading to more patients in nursing and long-term care facilities in Los Angeles County, according to local health officials. KNX 1070′s John...
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Burbank Company To Pay $17.5M Amid Allegations That It Submitted False Claims...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A company that provides diagnostic services to Southern California nursing homes has agreed to pay millions over allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and...
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Seniors Who’d Rather Not Live In Nursing Homes Create Their Own ‘Village’
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Seniors who would rather not live in a nursing home have created their own “village” of sorts. KCAL9’s Sylvia Lopez reports that it’s actually a volunteer network that gets...
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Owner Of California’s Biggest Nursing Home Chain Comes Under Fire
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The owner of California’s largest chain of nursing homes has come under fire for allegations of abuse and wrongful deaths in at least one of its facilities. Czersale Hilton’s...
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Sweltering Heat, No A.C. Blamed For Deaths Of 8 Nursing Home Residents In...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior...
View ArticleNew Report Details Misuse Of Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. nursing homes have significantly reduced the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs among their elderly residents, responding to pressure from many directions. Yet advocacy groups...
View ArticleNursing Homes Misuse Drugs To Control Residents, Report Claims
LOS ANGELES (CBS Local) – A scandalous new report is claiming that nursing homes across the U.S. are misusing prescription drugs in order to control the behavior of elderly patients with dementia....
View ArticleResident Of LA Jewish Home In Reseda Dies After Testing Positive For Coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A resident of a nursing home in Reseda has died after testing positive of coronavirus, and the facility is just the latest of a growing number scrambling to respond to the...
View ArticleLA County Nursing Homes, Other Facilities Investigated For Reported...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Far more people in Los Angeles County are more likely infected with COVID-19 than the nearly 2,500 cases that have been confirmed countywide, officials said Monday. Seven new...
View ArticleLA County Bars Visitors At Nursing Homes, Communal Activity Inside...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Nursing homes and other facilities will no longer be allowed to have visitors in response to continued outbreaks of the coronavirus at such facilities, officials said Friday....
View ArticleCoronavirus: Riverside County Reports 3,643 Total Cases, More Than 650 At...
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — Riverside County health officials Monday reported 80 more cases of the novel coronavirus and 23 additional virus-related fatalities, bringing countywide totals to 3,643 confirmed...
View ArticleLA County Reports Record Daily Increase In COVID Cases; Officials Say Key...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County health officials reported a record-high single-day number of coronavirus cases Wednesday, though health officials said the spike was due to a backlog of test...
View ArticleHow Coronavirus Ravaged America’s Nursing Homes: ‘We’ve Gone From Long Term...
(CBS Local) — There are now over 6 million cases of COVID-19 in the United States of America and 183,000 people have died. There are many horrific tragedies that have occurred over the past six months,...
View ArticleOrange County Jails, Nursing Homes Continue To Surge In COVID-19 Cases
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – An outbreak of COVID-19 in Orange County jails continues to widen, with 968 infections as of Wednesday, up from 908 on Tuesday. The county is awaiting the results of 675 tests. On...
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