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Amid the Trials of Long COVID, Glimmers of Hope at UNC Clinic
Charlotte’s Brooke Keaton and Pinehurst’s Tony Marks both lived orderly, productive lives two years ago. That was clearly reflected in their steady jobs and close family ties. However, their experiences with the long-term effects of infection with the COVID-19 virus have touched and, in many cases, devastated nearly every other…
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As Nursing Home Visitation Restrictions Lifted, Questions Remain
Appalled when he saw blood mixed with the waste in his mother’s North Carolina nursing home toilet, Tim Wall called 911 emergency workers as well as quizzing staff at the facility to try to get answers. The information he got from EMTs and care providers during the Jan. 5, 2021…
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$35 Million in Funding Sits Idle as North Carolina Nursing Homes Suffer
Federal regulators can fine North Carolina nursing homes upward of a half-million dollars when facilities go seriously wrong — as in the case of a Fayetteville resident who died after staff found her with fire ants covering her face and upper body. The deadly 2019 incident described in state records brought…
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