U.S. Reps. Pete Stark (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) recently introduced a new version of the Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Act of 2008 to the House.
‘We have to do better’ on infection prevention, CMS official tells LTC nurse managers during...
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 29, 2018
Nursing homes’s new survey routine seems to be going smoothly, about half a year in, but infection prevention problems continue to plague the field.
CareTrust REIT expects mid-2023 bonanza for facility acquisitions
By
Joe Bush
Nov 10, 2022
CareTrust REIT is “open for business,” emphasized president and CEO David Sedgwick during the company’s cautiously optimistic third-quarter earnings call Wednesday.
Spreading too thin?
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2014
Lenders encourage facility operators to think twice before pursing alternative models of care; ‘jack-of-all-trades’ a challenging label to embrace
Ruling on nursing home arbitration shows the fine print counts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2018
Signing on the dotted line counts in arbitration cases, even if the text explaining that arbitration is voluntary isn’t in bold print.
Court upholds $5.75 million verdict against former nursing home officers, board members
By
McKnight's Staff
May 24, 2013
A $5.75 million verdict will stand and there will be no new trial in the case against officers and board members of a former Pennsylvania nursing home, a federal judge recently ruled.
Johnson & Johnson to pay $2 billion in settlement over antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 05, 2013
Pharmaceuticals giant Johnson & Johnson and some subsidiaries will pay more than $2.2 billion to settle claims that they inappropriately promoted antipsychotic drugs for use in nursing homes, the U.S....
102-year-old nursing home resident most likely won’t be tried for murder, facility faces allegation
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jun 24, 2014
A 102-year-old woman faces a second-degree murder charge after allegedly killing her 100-year-old roommate in a Massachusetts nursing home about five years ago.
Fed’s booster OK too late? Nursing home loses 8 to coronavirus outbreak this fall
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 17, 2021
A Connecticut nursing home has weathered a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 89 residents and staff. Booster shots were not yet authorized when the first cases appeared, the operator reports.
Card-check, Silver Alert bills introduced in Congress
Mar 11, 2009
Senators and representatives on Tuesday introduced the controversial Employee Free Choice Act, also known as union card-check legislation. Several long-term care groups immediately issued statements against...