Deaths underscore need for staffing, training to manage resident aggression
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 03, 2023
The recent deaths of two nursing home residents who died after attacks by fellow residents in separate incidents has amplified providers’ focus on operating as safely as possible with often unpredictable...
CMS: Official 2022 closures fell far below industry projection
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 02, 2023
New federal numbers show that 135 nursing homes closed in 2022, significantly fewer than what was projected by the sector’s largest advocacy group.
6 Iowa long-term care facilities put into receivership, transfers in motion
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 01, 2023
Nursing home operators and advocates across the country are desperately asking for legislative and regulatory relief, but any help that may come will be too late for six long-term care facilities that...
Republicans coming again for healthcare worker vaccine mandate
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 31, 2023
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote on two bills today that would have significant impacts for nursing homes.
Without 20 percent Medicaid boost, state’s providers say bed reductions will continue
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 30, 2023
New York state nursing home advocates want a 20% increase in Medicaid rates, a demand struggling for traction against home-based services.
Lawsuit alleging ‘warehousing’ of disabled people in nursing homes shining light on national issue
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 30, 2023
A federal class-action lawsuit is highlighting a challenge felt nationwide: the housing people with disabilities in nursing homes without proper resources or a plan to transition them to more appropriate...
Raising minimum wage 10% would avert 15,000 nursing deaths yearly: study
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 27, 2023
Raising the minimum wage by 10% would prevent approximately 15,000 deaths in nursing homes per year, according to research examining how wage hikes can improve outcomes and conditions in skilled nursing...
Inner city, rural SNFs need more help from policymakers, must better cultivate local resources: analysis
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 27, 2023
Nursing home policymakers should direct greater interventions to inner city and rural facilities while providers cultivate local school relationships, according to a new policy brief from LeadingAge.
$30 million judgment hits nursing home that failed to document, reposition rehab patient
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 26, 2023
The lack of instructions on repositioning an elderly man who spent two weeks in a nursing home for rehabilitation after a fall contributed to his death, and a $30 million judgment against the facility...
Many LTC pill thefts still under the radar: study
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 25, 2023
Nurses played a critical role in identifying the theft of more than 11,000 tablets from residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, investigators report.