Skilled Nursing News January 14, 2025
As Southern California braces for strong Santa Ana winds through Wednesday evening, nursing home associations say that wildfires have already significantly impacted long-term care facilities, with at least three being destroyed and evacuation efforts becoming complicated by ever-expanding evacuation zones.
Two skilled nursing facilities, The Pasadena Park Healthcare & Wellness Center and Two Palms Care Center, as well as an assisted living facility, The Terraces at Park Marino, burned down according to reports.
Late last week, more than 35 facilities were evacuated, the California Department of Public Health and the California Department of Social Services said. Some residents were placed in nearby care facilities and hotels while hundreds of others were transported to public evacuation shelters, a report from LAist...
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