Dallas utility company leaves nursing home without power over cold weekend
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 11, 2013
A Dallas skilled nursing facility went without power for days due to an apparent breakdown in communications with a utility company, according to local reports.
Hurricane Gustav: Nursing home evacuations run smoothly this time
Sep 03, 2008
In stark contrast to three years ago, when the elderly, and nursing home residents in particular, were especially hard hit by Hurricane Katrina, authorities were reporting smooth evacuation processes took...
OIG clears provider’s irregular procurement of Hurricane Sandy disaster funds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 11, 2016
A nursing home decimated by Hurricane Sandy was correct in using $2.8 million in federal disaster funds to repair its building, a government audit found.
Carolina nursing homes rush to evacuate ahead of dangerous storm, while others hunker down
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 13, 2018
Nursing homes in the Carolinas were racing to secure the safety of their residents Thursday, ahead of Hurricane Florence’s touchdown.
Editor’s note
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 28, 2007
After two unexpected days off, the Daily Update is pleased to resume publishing today. Operations were temporarily interrupted late last week after severe storms caused power outages at the McKnight’s...
Providers storm Capitol Hill to lobby for favorable Medicare, Medicaid funding
Jul 15, 2011
Pushing for less drastic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, more than 400 long-term care operators visited their lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday as part of the American Health Care Association’s...
Nursing home residents dead after Missouri tornado
May 25, 2011
At least 10 nursing home residents and one employee were killed in a Sunday tornado that hit Joplin, MO. The storm killed at least 117 people, and may have caused up to $3 billion in insured losses to...
Skilled nursing still a hurricane victim
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2006
Seven months after Katrina, shattered infrastructure leaves operators crippled.Talk to various nursing home people in and around New Orleans and not one expresses optimism. There is hope. And there is...
Technology company dispatches support after Hurricane Matthew
Oct 19, 2016
CareServ Technologies has dispatched a support team to the East Coast to assist in the recovery of operations for several of its customers and noncustomers following Hurricane Matthew.
SNF turns therapy gym into makeshift bedroom to house residents evacuated by Hurricane Harvey
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Aug 28, 2017
A Texas skilled nursing facility jumped from 80 beds to 150 late last week as it welcomed residents from a sister facility evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey.