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Gov. Lee signs order to lift state restrictions at nursing homes starting Sunday
Some long-term care facilities must still follow federal restrictions from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; they can also implement their own rules. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 7:16 PM PST February 28, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee on Friday signed executive orders that will end state visitation restrictions at nursing homes and long-term care facilities starting Sunday.
The governor also signed orders that will extend other COVID-19 regulations imposed by Tennessee s limited state of emergency through April 28.
“Our state’s COVID-19 numbers continue to improve thanks to efficient vaccine distribution and efforts to protect our most vulnerable citizens,” Gov. Lee said. “I have authorized continuation of a limited state of emergency through April 28th in order to keep critical healthcare deregulation in place and ensure continued fed
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Marysville nursing home, with history of short staffing, cited for ‘squalid’ conditions in COVID-19 outbreak By Asia Fields, The Seattle Times
Published: February 9, 2021, 2:45pm
Share: The Marysville Care Center on Grove Street in Marysville. (Mike Siegel/Seattle Times/TNS)
Months before she died, Lourdes Yldefonzo Arganda assured her sister she would be safe in her job at a Marysville nursing home.
Even before the pandemic, she had accepted that her work as a certified nursing assistant with long and late hours, and low pay was a calling, her sister Irene Yldefonzo Arganda said.
If anything bothered her, it was that co-workers sometimes could not help patients quickly enough during busy shifts.