Florida ALF News This Week
Published: Fri, 07/03/20
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Senior living residents or their family members in at least eight states have filed complaints to their state attorney general or long-term care ombudsman about unfair billing practices related to the pandemic. That’s according to a report in USA Today Thursday.
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The city of Hialeah launched a task force dedicating new resources to combat the spread of the virus.
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Mary Daniel's husband has Alzheimer's. A phone call out of the blue will enable her to go inside a memory care center and see him.
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Senior living operators are using a balanced, data-driven approach to reopening communities during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuously assessing risk, mitigating transmission and monitoring progress while considering their unique markets and communities, according to a new special issue brief issued by the American Seniors Housing Association.
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South Florida hospitals say they are better positioned to care for Covid19 patients today as compared to just three months ago. Initially, hospitals filled with the elderly and severely sick, forcing ER doctors to react quickly and learn on the job. Now with the learning curve under their belts, doctors say they know which trial drugs, treatment plans and intubation methods have helped patients in different stages of the virus' attack -- this comes as hospital begin to fill up again.