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Tag: Nursing Homes

Shoppers wearing face masks walk past a sale sign and a Christmas tree at The Pike Outlets in Long Beach. Photo by Ashley Landis/AP

California COVID forecast darkens after holiday celebrations

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California could see “a surge on top of a surge arguably on top of a surge” after the holidays.

A customer walks past a sign indicating that a COVID-19 vaccine is not yet available at Walgreens on Dec. 2, 2020, in Long Beach. Photo by Ashley Landis, AP Photo

Vaccines getting closer: Governor outlines priorities for who’s up first

Barbara Feder OstrovAna B. Ibarra by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra December 3, 2020December 4, 2020
San Francisco Mayor London Breed in Sacramento on March 9, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Credibility at stake: The French Laundry saga followed by others

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

State to allow visitors inside nursing homes in most California counties

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov October 26, 2020October 26, 2020
The Oakmont of Varenna nursing home and assisted living facility in Santa Rosa on July 29, 2020. Oakmont Senior Living, the company responsible for Villa Capri and Varenna, has been accused by the state of abandoning around 100 residents the night of the Tubbs fire in 2017. Photo by Beth LaBerge, KQED

Disaster planning in nursing homes: The questions to ask your loved one’s facility

by Molly Peterson August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
Mark and Kathy Allen hold a photo of Mark's parents at their home in Sebastopol on July 29, 2020. Mark and Kathy evacuated Mark's mother and several other residents of the Villa Capri retirement community as the Tubbs Fire approached in October of 2017. The Oakmont of Varenna nursing home and assisted living facility in Santa Rosa on July 29, 2020. Photo by Beth LaBerge, KQED

Nursing homes weren’t ready for a pandemic. They’re not ready for wildfire, either

by Lisa Pickoff-White, Molly Peterson, April Dembosky and Danielle Venton August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
Scorched wheelchairs rest outside Cypress Meadows Post-Acute, a nursing home leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Dec. 4, 2018. Photo by Noah Berger, AP Photo

How we analyzed where older Californians are at increased risk for wildfire

Lo Bénichou by Lo Bénichou, Molly Peterson and Lisa Pickoff-White August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
In this aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018. - The toll in the deadliest wildfires in recent California history climbed to 59 on November 14, 2018, as authorities released a list of 130 people still missing. Photo by JOSH EDELSON, AFP via Getty Images

See how wildfires endanger older Californians — and it’s getting worse

Lo Bénichou by Lo Bénichou, Molly Peterson and Lisa Pickoff-White August 10, 2020September 16, 2020
Caroline Harrison, left, Jackson Harrison Shirk, 11, right, and his mother, Virginia Harrison, far right, visit with Jackson’s grandmother, Debbie, center, at The Chaparral House, the Berkeley skilled nursing facility where Debbie has lived for the past three years. Debbie, who family members refer to as mama bear, suffers from dementia and is largely unresponsive during her family's near-daily socially distant visits. “She doesn’t talk about it but she knows we’re here,” said Jackson. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Through the looking-glass: Family members fight restricted access to loved ones in long-term care

Barbara Feder OstrovAvatar by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Jocelyn Wiener July 23, 2020July 24, 2020
Vietnam veteran Jerry Hogan at Lindsay Gardens after testing positive for COVID-19 a week ago, in Lindsay, CA on April 28, 2020. Hogan, was put into the facility to receive lifesaving therapy, but instead, has not been receiving any therapy after patients at the facility began falling ill from the virus. Hogan is the father of photojournalist Jeremy Hogan, who made this image during his visit. Photo by Jeremy Hogan, SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images

Feds to send COVID tests to nursing homes, but can California really use them?

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov July 17, 2020July 23, 2020

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