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Women At Nursing Home Meet Weekly For Cooking Club
By MARIE GILBERT The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Through marriage, child rearing, careers and retirement, one thing has remained a constant for the dozen women gathered around the...
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Man Murdered In Baltimore Apartment Complex For Seniors
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A man is murdered inside an apartment complex for seniors and people with disabilities. Investigators are trying to figure out who is responsible for the fatal stabbing. It happened...
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Man Charged In Nursing Home Rape
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A nursing home patient in Hagerstown is charged with second-degree rape for allegedly assaulting an 89-year-old female patient. Lamont Stafford, 38, of Bowie was being held...
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4 Nursing Homes Without Air Conditioning
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The residents of four nursing homes in Maryland are feeling the heat, because they are still without air conditioning in the aftermath of last week’s storm. Fran Phillips, deputy...
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On The Senior Circuit, A Call To Sing Along
By BETHANY RODGERS The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — If the entries in Arthur “Pete” Baugher Sr.’s worn pocket calendar hold true, very few days in July will end before he’s sung some...
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Baltimore County Caregiver Indicted For Abusing 84-Year-Old Patient
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. (WJZ)–A Randallstown caregiver has been arrested and charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult after he allegedly assaulted his elderly patient. Raphael Nyong Asinyang, 43, of...
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Baltimore Project To Fix Up Seniors’ Homes To help Them Age In Place
BALTIMORE (AP) — Alberta Hough struggles to feed herself a snack, her arms shaking badly from Parkinson’s disease. Days earlier, the 84-year-old fell while eating, sliding off her kitchen chair. The...
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Management Flaws At Md. State Hospital Detailed
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Maryland public health officials say a state-owned nursing home in Hagerstown was fined $150,000 for poor oversight of patient care that prompted the ouster of the facility’s...
View ArticleDeath Of 8 At Florida Nursing Home Sounds Alarms After Irma
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane-scarred Florida warily eyed the fate of its most vulnerable residents and emergency workers were urged to immediately check on those in nursing homes after eight people...
View ArticleMaryland Among Worst In The Nation in Investigating Nursing Home Complaints...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland is behind most of the nation when it comes to inspecting high-priority nursing home complaints. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. It’s something a...
View ArticleMan Plans To Spend ‘Golden Years’ At Holiday Inn Instead Of Nursing Home
SPRING, Texas (WJZ) — The cost of care in your golden years can be rather high at a nursing home or even in some assisted living facilities. So a Texas man has found a more cost-effective solution....
View ArticleCoronavirus Latest: 12 Cases Of COVID-19, 2 Deaths, Tied To Nursing Home In...
FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) — Twelve cases of the coronavirus and two deaths have been tied to an assisted living facility in Frederick, county health officials said Monday. The cases include five residents...
View Article‘We Are Scared To Come To Work’: Nursing Home Employee Speaks On Concerns As...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The increase in new cases of the coronavirus reported in Maryland Monday was slightly less than Sunday’s number. Still, there were 436 more—bringing the number of confirmed cases to...
View ArticleCoronavirus Latest: Cases Of COVID-19 Reported At 90 Maryland Nursing Homes,...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The number of Maryland nursing homes and long-term care facilities with confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to climb, with the number now reaching 90 facilities statewide, Gov....
View ArticleCoronavirus Latest: Gov. Larry Hogan Announces Strike Teams To Help With...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday the creation of strike teams to help combat the cases of coronavirus targeting the elderly at Maryland’s nursing homes. More than 90 nursing homes...
View ArticleCoronavirus Latest: Around Half Of Maryland’s COVID-19 Deaths Have Happened...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The state health department has released more detailed information about the number of coronavirus cases and deaths at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The data...
View ArticleGov. Hogan: Limited Outdoor Visitation Will Be Allowed At Some Maryland...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he would allow limited outdoor visitation at some of Maryland’s nursing homes. “The COVID-19 pandemic has required all of us to make...
View ArticleMaryland Department Of Health Updates Data On Staff Vaccinations At Nursing...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of Health on Monday released new data on the vaccination rates among staff at nursing homes and congregate living facilities across the state, revealing...
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Maryland Institutes Stricter Vaccine Protocols For Workers At Nursing Homes,...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday announced the Maryland Department of Health has instituted new vaccination protocols at the state’s hospitals and nursing homes requiring that staff...
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