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Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based ServicesJuly 17, 2020
While Gov. Tim Walz has instituted a temporary ban on most evictions in Minnesota, current law provides no way to appeal terminations of medical services at assisted living facilities, which can force people from their homes. “There is no right to due process,” said Cheryl Hennen, Minnesota’s State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
July 16, 2020
Residents in nursing homes that remain locked down during the novel coronavirus pandemic face another silent threat: social isolation.
July 15, 2020
Nearly 1,000 new COVID-19 infections of nursing home (NH) residents in the week of July 10 marks the highest weekly increase since mid-May. Deaths from COVID-19 have also been rising.