Chemical warehouse fire forces nursing home to evacuate
By
Haymarket Media
May 27, 2004
Nearly 100 nursing home residents had to be evacuated to public school cafeterias when a chemical warehouse broke out in a fire Wednesday in an Atlanta suburb.
Robust response to virus variants expected in former COVID patients and the vaccinated
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
Blood samples from recovered COVID-19 patients show that they and their vaccinated peers should be able to fend off the virus and its variants in future encounters, NIH researchers say.
LGBT Americans worry about getting into, living in long-term care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2018
More than 1 million Americans already over 65 identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans, but many in the generation behind them worry that now widely-accepted label may still make it difficult to find...
$10 million therapy-provider kickback case may proceed, judge says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 20, 2013
A False Claims Act lawsuit involving a nursing home chain and therapy providers in Missouri can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. The case originated when a whistleblower alleged that a therapy...
Florida’s highest court rejects use of arbitration agreements
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
Nursing home arbitration agreements received another blow when the Florida Supreme Court ruled them invalid in two separate cases in November.
Ensign picks up No. 202
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2019
The Ensign Group Inc. recently acquired the real estate and operations of Temple View Transitional Care Center, a 119-bed skilled nursing facility in Rexburg, ID. It brings Ensign’s portfolio to 202...
Parks joins Ridgewood
Jan 24, 2017
Afrika Parks, RN, MSN, LNHA, has joined Van Dyk Health Care’s Ridgewood facility as its administrator.
iTacit signs agreement with Seagate
May 12, 2015
Seagate Alliance and iTacit Healthcare have signed an agreement under which alliance members can use the workforce software company’s tools.
House subcommittee investigates bribe charges in Medicare bill
By
Haymarket Media
Mar 19, 2004
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has said it will establish a subcommittee to investigate allegations that Rep. Nick Smith (R-MI) was offered a bribe to vote for last year’s Medicare...
U.S. to test vaccine combos for future anti-variant strategy, Fauci says
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2022
The NIH is launching a phase 2 clinical trial to help determine which vaccine combos can provide a broader immune response in adults who have already had a series of COVID-19 vaccinations.