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Home Care Aide Faces Criminal Charges After Infecting Client

Published on Fri May 22, 2020

Client’s death led to endangerment charges. A cautionary tale for making sure your staff are properly educated and equipped to provide care in the pandemic has come out of New Jersey. On May 14, authorities charged home health aide Josefina Brito-Fernandez with five counts of endangering the welfare of another, after her 80-year-old Camden patient died of COVID-19. After experiencing [...]
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