Category: COVID-19 nursing home tragedy

Michigan Senate Subpoenas Documents Over Gov. Whitmer’s Handling of Nursing Homes

May 14, 2021
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The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee issued a subpoena Thursday requiring documents relating to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic after its initial request had been ignored for more than two months. The committee issued a subpoena to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) asking for all documents and…

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A Year Into the Pandemic, the Long-Term Care Crisis Is Far From Over

February 17, 2021
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Before Cathy Parkes’s father passed away in an Ontario long-term care home last April, he had declined to the point where he could no longer speak. He had been diagnosed with COVID-19, which Parkes didn’t find out until three weeks after his death at Orchard Villa in Pickering. She also didn’t know he was suffering…

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