Nursing Home Crisis: Is a Wave of 'Transfer Trauma' Coming?
Twenty patients in a rural facility in Virginia were told to move out and now more than half are now dead. What can be done about this crisis?
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Twenty patients in a rural facility in Virginia were told to move out and now more than half are now dead. What can be done about this crisis?
Lisa Bares' sister died at Consulate Health Care of Norfolk. When Bares went to pick up Felicia's belongings from the facility the next day, she said she could not find them.
VPM News also recently reported on complaints lodged against the long-term care facility between 2017 and 2021.
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