Nursing Homes

As New Bedford's senior population becomes widely vaccinated against COVID-19, those in nursing homes and senior living facilities can once again have visitors.

MassHealth funding came through for a coronavirus "step-down" center on Acushnet Ave.

Visitation will be allowed by appointment only and contact-tracing logs must be kept.

Around 62 percent of the state's coronavirus deaths have been from long-term care facilities.

The state will not pay for the care of MassHealth patients in the facility located at 4586 Acushnet Avenue. The facility had not yet opened to patients.

As the COVID-19 virus attacks the American people, it is clear that the government response is best handled by local elected officials with specific knowledge.

Coronavirus patients have been moved to a separate contained facility.

A husband used a bucket truck to reach the third story nursing home window of his wife's room he can't visit because of the deadly COVID-19 virus.

The Massachusetts National Guard has been deployed at a long-term care facility in Easton after the Southeast Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center reported that "numerous residents" have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. The National Guard will conduct COVID-19 testing at the facility under a pilot program established by state public health officials, according to a release f

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