Nursing Home Deaths

Researchers found that the number of nursing home deaths within 30 and 90 days of Hurricane Irma is more than double the number of deaths reported by the CDC for the entire population of Florida.

Researchers want answers to help combat the spread and prevent more infections. But conflicting opinions make that more challenging.

Lawyers representing the families of people who died of COVID-19 have put nursing homes on notice that they plan to sue.That includes the Opis Coquina…

In Florida, more than 600 residents in nursing homes have died from COVID-19. Over the past few months, the state has put rules in place to protect the vulnerable residents. Some of those changes include restricting visitors, requiring staff to be screened, and wearing masks. Now, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to open these facilities back up to visitors.

Florida is reporting that more than 650 patients have died from the coronavirus at the state's nursing homes and assisted living facilities.The state…

Nursing home patients account for more than a third of Florida’s COVID-19 deaths and the greater Tampa Bay region has some of the state’s highest death…

Three people who were evacuated from a nursing home in Seminole have died from COVID-19, according to the medical examiner's office in Pinellas County.…

Nearly 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities were evacuated along Florida's East Coast ahead of Hurricane Dorian.At the time, officials said…

Florida officials said Monday that 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities and seven hospitals on the state’s East Coast had been evacuated in…

A dozen patients' deaths were ruled homicides. They died after Irma knocked out power to the air conditioning system at the South Florida center in 2017.

Moving forward with an administrative law judge’s recommendation, the state Agency for Health Care Administration has issued a final order to revoke the...

Moving forward with an administrative law judge’s recommendation, the state Agency for Health Care Administration has issued a final order to revoke the...