A judge denied a motion to drop charges against the New Orleans-area nursing home owners blamed for the deaths of 35 residents following Hurricane Katrina.
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Sep 05, 2019
Golden LivingCenters names new CFO … HHS offers tips on how to keep medications safe during a storm … Seniors with hearing aids could have lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia, study suggests
Reader Poll: What’s your favorite item on your desk or in your office?
Feb 05, 2017
“Pictures of my grandchildren, just because I can look at them when the rest of the world is in chaos. They’re my port in the storm.”
Natural disasters make illness more likely for LTC residents, study finds
Oct 24, 2011
Long-term care residents that are displaced from their facility following a natural disaster are more susceptible to illness, injury and death, a new study finds.
Dedication doesn’t falter amid fresh destruction
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
It’s been a calamitous couple of weeks for storm-battered skilled nursing operators and many of the dedicated people who work in them.
What’s a nursing home operator to do? Make adjustments!
By
John O'Connor
Mar 26, 2018
Operators who can make some adjustments and ride out the current regulatory and operating storm might not just survive, but thrive.
Government ‘vastly undercounted’ nursing home deaths following Hurricane Irma, study finds
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2020
Hundreds of deaths of Florida nursing home residents due to Hurricane Irma were not accounted for — by more than 400 when compared to what was reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Also in the News for Friday, April 19
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 19, 2019
Verma: ‘Medicare for all’ called a grave threat … 35% of Florida’s nursing homes have installed mandated generators ahead of this year’s storm season … Death of nursing home resident...
Is admin ‘scapegoat’ for nursing home deaths after hurricane? Victorious defense attorney again says...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 09, 2023
A jury will soon decide if the manslaughter trial of a Florida nursing home administrator is due to malfeasance or the unfortunate result of a catastrophic storm.
New nurse walks through historic blizzard to get to work
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 26, 2016
A nurse who has been employed at a New York nursing home for six months fought her way on foot through a blizzard Saturday to make it to work.