Grieving relatives have sued nursing homes and other care facilities, accusing them of deadly failures amid COVID-19. Those facilities argue that they have immunity from such suits under a federal law invoked during the pandemic.
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April 14, 2021
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UT Martin is hoping to win the “daily double” for this year’s Captain’s Challenge.
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Those in attendance included, but was not limited to, University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and Chicago Cubs Pitcher Alec Mills.
/ The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years.
A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions.
The virus swept through Country Villa Sheraton nursing home in Los Angeles in the past year, killing 24 residents. Country Villa Rehabilitation Center, also in Los Angeles, and Country Villa Plaza in Santa Ana, lost 13 residents each.
The devastation was by no means unique to this cluster of 18 Southern California-based nursing homes. Across the country, other facilities also have suffered crushing casualties from the pandemic.
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