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.
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act: An unnecessary legislative ‘fix’
By
Andrew Graham
T. Andrew Graham
Apr 06, 2009
The bill that would invalidate pre-admission arbitration agreements, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009, has no real purpose and would only create more problems for the American judicial...
Credit crisis affected seniors housing in 2008 fourth quarter, NIC reports
Apr 01, 2009
Transaction volumes fell and capitalization rates rose in seniors housing and care in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new report from the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing...
Editors’ Blog: Violence spreads to nursing homes
Mar 31, 2009
Violence can break out anywhere today. Unfortunately, it is the employees and residents of a Carthage, NC, nursing home who are now wondering, Why us?
Survivors of Pinelake nursing home shooting face ‘long healing process,’ head of North Carolina...
Mar 31, 2009
Staff members, families and residents of Pinelake Health and Rehab in Carthage, NC, are still in shock after a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage that left eight people dead and three injured at the...
Nursing homes touched by gun violence
By
Liza Berger
Mar 30, 2009
It is hard enough to read about random acts of violence. It is another story altogether when those incidents occur in your own community. That is how long-term care providers likely feel after learning...
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...
DAY 2: Last day of McKnight’s Online Expo to feature webcasts on marketplace, and Medicare and...
Mar 26, 2009
President Barack Obama in a press conference Tuesday night argued that the only way to balance the budget is to address the nation’s rising healthcare costs. Medicare and Medicaid, the big government...
The challenges of hand hygiene in the long-term care setting
By
Jean Fleming
Mar 16, 2009
Maintaining good hand hygiene is key to prevent the spread of infections, but old habits are hard to break.
Average per-bed prices for skilled nursing, assisted living facilities sink in 2008
Mar 13, 2009
After hitting record prices in 2007, the average price paid per bed for skilled nursing facilities fell by 18% to $45,500 in 2008, a new report by Irving Levin Associates Inc. found.