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State Halts Admissions at RegalCare Nursing Home
October 28, 2026
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State Halts Admissions at RegalCare Nursing Home in Worcester
State health inspectors have barred RegalCare at Worcester, the Oriol Drive nursing home, from admitting new residents after a resident with dementia walked out of a locked unit without staff noticing and turned up hours later at a restaurant miles away, where Worcester police found the person.
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