Natural gas leak near facility highlights the importance of planning
By
Stan Szpytek
Jul 14, 2021
Incidents like the one that is about to be summarized emphasize the importance of hazard analysis as required by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Emergency Preparedness Rule. Knowing the potential...
Exercising and evaluating CMS emergency preparedness plans
By
Terry Zysk
Nov 02, 2018
You can’t painstakingly document and evaluate during an exercise or emergency, but detailed and comprehensive event logs can provide a great deal of information for evaluation.
Lessons Learned: What falling out of the sky taught me
By
Martie Moore
Jan 05, 2018
Suddenly the plane dropped and items went flying, including people. We heard the strange noise again and realized that this was not normal turbulence.
Nursing home win: Florida judge nixes governor’s emergency generator rule
By
Oct 30, 2017
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) emergency mandates for generators in nursing homes and assisted living facilities was shut down Friday by an administrative law judge, who slammed the rules as “invalid...
Emergency! Prep time
By
Meg LaPorte
Oct 06, 2017
As deadline nears, providers and vendors ramp up education, training and drills
Emergency preparedness: More than an act of paperwork
Jul 31, 2017
My phone rang and the voice said, “We are activating our incident command center.” I asked, “Is this a drill?” The voice in a solid tone replied, “This is not a drill.”
Officer ordered accused nursing home shooter to drop gun three times before downing him
Apr 13, 2009
The police officer being called a hero for halting a North Carolina shooting rampage that left seven residents and one nursing aide dead said he was just doing his job when he entered the building alone.
Authorities looking for answers after gunman kills eight at North Carolina nursing home
Mar 31, 2009
A 45-year-old local man with no apparent ties to the Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, NC, walked into it Sunday morning and shot 11 people. He killed seven residents and a nurse and...
New England nursing homes well-equipped for ice storm
Dec 16, 2008
More than four days after a massive ice storm devastated much of the Northeast, nursing homes have emerged from the disaster relatively unscathed.