The New Bedford Fire Department found no safety issues during its first formal inspection of the city’s only assisted living facility in at least 18 years.
Category: Health
Posted inHealth
City nursing home cited for failing to stop physical and sexual abuse
Brandon Woods of New Bedford received more health citations than any other nursing home in Massachusetts last year.
Posted inHealth
State, local fire department point fingers on assisted living inspections
The New Bedford Fire Department has not formally inspected the city’s assisted living facility in at least 18 years, claiming the responsibility lies with a state agency. The state agency says the job falls on New Bedford.
Posted inEnvironment
Board of Health deliberates on controversial waste transfer station proposal
The board appeared split during Monday’s virtual public meeting, weighing potential public health risks from air pollution to vermin to fires at the facility.
Posted inHealth
West Nile virus detected in New Bedford mosquito
Residents are urged to take precautions since mosquito activity is at its highest level of risk for West Nile virus now until the first frost.
Posted inHealth
Nursing care under pressure as state’s oldest cohort explodes
Thirty-four nursing facilities have shuttered across Massachusetts since 2020, a loss of 3,515 beds.
Posted inHealth
Health alert ties rare infection to Buzzards Bay waters
A person swimming with an open wound at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth contracted a Vibrio vulnificus infection.
Posted inHealth
Local reproductive care provider faces 20% funding cut due to Trump budget law
Health Imperatives is one of just two health organizations in the nation beyond Planned Parenthood identified for federal funding cuts through a niche provision on abortion.
Posted inHealth
Child & Family Services launches mobile crisis vans
The vans will make it easier for the organization to aid those struggling with mental health and substance abuse, or who require crisis stabilization.
Posted inHealth
Sharp decline in opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts, new numbers show
Investments in substance-use programs and Narcan availability have lowered the death toll, officials say.
