Operators of skilled nursing facilities want their patients to enter into arbitration agreements. While such agreements don’t eliminate the risk of litigation, they at least reduce the.
Rosalinda Fernandez Nygaard, 50, passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, at her home in Moscow after battling MDS and other complications.
Senior Center survives COVID-19 cases during vaccination delays in Santa Maria
SANTA MARIA, Calif. The Country Oaks Care Center owners Sharon and John Henning are calling this month a “wild and woolly” ride. “Yeah it’s been a difficult time for us, says John.
It started with the director of nursing testing positive for COVID-19 on January 4th along with at least 6 residents and 5 staff members who also tested positive at the Santa Maria facility.
“We had some patients earlier in the month and those patients have recovered, says John.
Then, the care center was supposed to receive vaccinations at the end of December until it got confused with another facility also called Country Oaks.
Skilled-nursing, assisted-living and other communities serving older adults are prioritized for vaccines, which are in limited supply
Residents have not been scheduled for COVID-19 vaccine appointments yet at Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara at 1820 De la Vina St., a retirement community specializing in dementia care and Alzheimer’s disease. Oak Cottage and many other long-term care communities are eligible for vaccines, but there are limited supplies for the thousands of waiting residents. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
January 20, 2021
| 8:46 p.m.
Deanna Zachrisson doesn’t know when her husband, a 75-year-old veteran living at Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara, will get his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.