SF News Bay Area Nursing Home Could Lose State License After Investigation into Elderly Residents Dying by Poison Last Summer The state is trying to shut down Atria Park in San Mateo after the conclusion of its investigation into residents mistakenly being served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice that resulted in two deaths, but the company is appealing.
SF News New Outbreak at Laguna Honda Infects 50 and Counting, Kills 3 Elderly Residents A new outbreak of COVID-19 at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital — the first since a small outbreak was quickly contained in the spring and became a model for other long-term care facilities dealing with the pandemic — has infected more than 50 staff members and residents, and continues to grow.
SF News Sonoma County Records Seven New COVID Deaths In Nursing Homes Sonoma County had its single biggest one-day leap in its COVID death count late Tuesday when it recorded seven new deaths from the coronavirus, all in skilled nursing facilities.
SF News Concord Nursing Home Outbreak Claims 15 Lives and Counting, Including One Staff Member A coronavirus outbreak at the San Miguel Villa nursing home in Concord has elder care experts renewing calls for increased state-level oversight of nursing home operations during this pandemic.
SF News Vallejo Nursing Home Outbreak Infects Almost 100 People, and Counting More than half of positive COVID-19 cases in Solano County have been found in the city of Vallejo, and that proportion may rise after an outbreak has occurred at a 166-bed skilled nursing
SF News San Francisco Will Test All Residents and Staff at Nursing Homes Under New Order Following outbreaks at two nursing facilities in SF, a health order to be issued next week will mandate the biweekly testing of every resident and staff member at the 21 skilled nursing and care facilities in the city.
SF News 67 People Test Positive for COVID-19 At Senior Facility In Western Addition While a coronavirus outbreak at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital appears to have been contained, a separate outbreak has taken hold at another senior care facility near Japantown in the Western Addition where 39 residents have been infected.
SF News New CDPH Report Shows 34 Nursing Homes in the Bay Area Have Confirmed COVID-19 Cases The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) — after weeks of pressure from healthcare providers and the general public — published a partial list of nursing homes that have recorded COVID-19 cases. The report included 258 affected facilities; 34 of those listed are in the Bay Area.
SF News Orinda Nursing Home Now Has 49 COVID Cases; Laguna Honda Has 16 A nursing facility in Orinda has become the latest hot spot for COVID-19 cases, with a total of 27 residents and 22 staffers now having tested positive. The Orinda Care Center first made headlines Friday when a total of 27 people — 24 residents and three staffers — turned up positive.
SF News False Prophet Harold Camping Moved to Nursing Home Harold Camping, the Alameda preacher who falsely claimed that the rapture would come on May 21, has been put in a nursing home. The 79 89-year-old soothsayer could face the remainder of his
