Tag: Elderly deaths Hollywood Hills

Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2017
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Nursing homes and assisted living facilities aren’t the only entities who have an issue with Governor Rick Scott’s declaration that they must have generators that can power air-conditioning systems installed by next month. Sally Bishop, director of Pinellas County’s emergency management department, told state legislators Monday that there is an unintended consequence to Scott’s emergency declaration: […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2017
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A Florida nursing home that had 12 patients die after Hurricane Irma has laid off 245 workers. The Sun Sentinel reported the layoffs Friday for the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The facility was evacuated last month, several days after the storm damaged the electric transformer that powered the facility’s air conditioning. State officials later suspended […]


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