Senior care center in Des Moines honors individuals who died from COVID-19
News Desk DES MOINES, Iowa – On Wednesday, Fleur Heights Care Center residents held a memorial for five individuals who died from COVID-19 in 2020. The center planted a tree in their…
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Story City Care Center Prepares For Vaccine
STORY CITY, IOWA — At Bethany Life, skilled care, and long-term care it’s been a roller coaster-crazy year here, due to COVID-19. In June there was a coronavirus outbreak. Since…
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Death Rates Are Up in Iowa During Pandemic
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is finding that Alzheimer’s and Dementia deaths rates are up nearly 14 percent in Iowa since the start…
Long-Term Care Centers Making Plans to Expand In-Person Visits
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s nursing homes are maintaining strict visiting guidelines in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, families have gotten by with visiting outside or through…
AARP Iowa Calls For Immediate, Mandatory COVID-19 Testing to Safely Reopen Long Term Care Facilities
DES MOINES, Iowa — We are six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and many of Iowa’s elder population is still living inside long term care facilities without answers. AARP Iowa’s…
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1 in 5 Nursing Homes Had at Least One COVID-19 Death, According to Federal Data
AUSTIN (KXAN) — New data shows that 26,000 people in nursing facilities have died from COVID-19, according to the federal government. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…