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Legionnaires’ disease case confirmed at nursing home in Bloomfield Hills
Read full article: Legionnaires’ disease case confirmed at nursing home in Bloomfield HillsBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – As nursing homes and other long term care facilities over southeast Michigan struggle to prevent outbreaks of coronavirus (COVID-19), one is now dealing with a case of Legionnaires’ disease. The Oakland County Health Department started investigating on June 8 after a resident contracted Legionnaires’ disease. READ: Lawmakers want Michigan AG to investigate nursing homes amid coronavirus pandemicThere are about 140 residents at SKLD Bloomfield Hills, a nursing home and long term care facility in Oakland County. But the health department is especially concerned about the nursing home’s elderly population. Which means some version of water restrictions will remain in place until the end of the year.