Tag: long-term care facilities
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Family members of those living in long-term care facilities demand new visitation policy post-vaccination rollout
MILLTOWN – Former Mayor Gloria Bradford spent 13 years as the voice of the borough. “She was the first woman mayor, very independent and strong,” her daughter Diane Salkeld said as she described her mother. Now Salkeld is the voice for her mother, who is suffering from dementia and lives in an assisted long-term care…
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Edison Council comes to agreement with resolution against COVID-19 related hate speech and bias crimes
EDISON – The seven-member dais of the Edison Township Council has come to a consensus after reworking a resolution against COVID-19 related hate speech and bias crimes. “The purpose of the resolution is to address hate towards race, religion and ethnicity,” Council Vice President Sam Joshi said. Joshi proposed the new reworked resolution at a…
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Old Bridge provides charts of COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities, each ward
OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge officials reported seven new positive COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of positive cases to 825 in the township, according to Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry in his daily report on May 7. The township has lost 37 residents to COVID-19, according to Middlesex County. Officials provided updated charts…
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Monroe mayor agrees National Guard needs to help as 76% of the township’s COVID-19 deaths are in long-term care facilities
MONROE – Monroe officials reported 28 new positive COVID-19 cases over the weekend, bringing the total number of cases to 551, according to the Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management on May 4. The new cases include 13 residents in long-term care facilities and 15 community wide. There were 12 cases reported on May 2.…
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Monroe has lost 65 residents to COVID-19, total positive cases reach 501
MONROE – Monroe officials reported 16 new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 501, according to the Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management on April 30. The new cases include five residents in long-term care facilities, three in the New Jersey Training School for Boys and eight community wide. The age…
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Thirty-seven long-term care residents in Monroe have passed away from the coronavirus
MONROE – Thirty-seven long-term care residents in the township have passed away from the coronavirus, according to new state released statistics on nursing homes and health care facilities. Mayor Gerald Tamburro said he speaks for the entire Monroe community in sharing “our sympathy and our deep sense of loss and pain.” “The families of these…
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At Reformed Church Home, community outreach continues at a distance as state sets further guidelines for long-term care facilities
At Reformed Church Home (RCH) in Old Bridge, the philosophy has always been to treat “residents and staff like family, to be transparent, and to put their safety and health first.” And the philosophy continues as the state continues to express concerns and set guidelines for long-term care facilities in the midst of the global…
