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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2020, 01:45 PM Apr 2020

employees didn't show up at 84 resident nursing home

employees didn't show 2 days in a row. residents are being moved. In Riverside, CA.

Hearing this on radio

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employees didn't show up at 84 resident nursing home (Original Post) Demovictory9 Apr 2020 OP

K and R😔 dewsgirl Apr 2020 #1

Horrifying. Here's a story and link Mike 03 Apr 2020 #2

They aren't being provided ppe, or testing, are being threatened if they call in sick.... getagrip_already Apr 2020 #3

Hopefully this will bring things to a head and they'll get what they need. Mike 03 Apr 2020 #4

or they will be fired, the facility closed, and the owner rewarded with federal recovery funds..... getagrip_already Apr 2020 #5

+1. Rhetorically, when does that shit end? yonder Apr 2020 #6

Members (Democratic) of Congress need to be informed about this. LiberalFighter Apr 2020 #8

gov Newsom addressed this IcyPeas Apr 2020 #7

dewsgirl

(14,965 posts)

1. K and R😔

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 01:47 PM

Apr 2020

Mike 03

(18,690 posts)

2. Horrifying. Here's a story and link

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 01:49 PM

Apr 2020

Coronavirus: 84 residents evacuated from Southern California nursing home after employees do not show up for work
ABC7 news

https://abc7news.com/coronavirus-riverside-county-nursing-home-senior-magnolia-rehabilitation-and-center/6086909/

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- More than 80 patients were being evacuated from a nursing home in Riverside on Wednesday morning after employees of the facility "did not show up to care for sick patients two days in a row," health officials said in a statement.

The 84 patients will be moved from Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, which has about 90 beds, to other health care locations throughout the county, the news release from the Riverside County Public Health Department said.

Riverside University Health System and Kaiser Permanente sent 33 licensed vocational nurses and registered nurses to care for the residents after only one of the facility's nursing assistants showed up to work, according to the statement.

There are 34 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus among the residents and five among employees, officials said.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)

3. They aren't being provided ppe, or testing, are being threatened if they call in sick....

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 01:50 PM

Apr 2020

Who would work under those conditions?

Same thing is happening in hospitals and entire shifts have been dismissed.

Mike 03

(18,690 posts)

4. Hopefully this will bring things to a head and they'll get what they need.

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 01:51 PM

Apr 2020

This could become widespread.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)

5. or they will be fired, the facility closed, and the owner rewarded with federal recovery funds.....

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 01:53 PM

Apr 2020

Because business.

yonder

(10,314 posts)

6. +1. Rhetorically, when does that shit end?

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 02:54 PM

Apr 2020

LiberalFighter

(53,544 posts)

8. Members (Democratic) of Congress need to be informed about this.

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 03:50 PM

Apr 2020

And language in the next bill should prohibit funding for them.

IcyPeas

(25,796 posts)

7. gov Newsom addressed this

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 03:40 PM

Apr 2020

just now in his live press conference. he has task forces on it.

WATCH Governor Newsom Live here:

https://twitter.com/CAgovernor

https://ktla.com/on-air/live-streaming/

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