Michigan: Nursing home shortage looming in Motor City
Nov 01, 2010
Nursing homes in Southeast Michigan are experiencing a budget crisis, and the area could soon face a shortage of skilled nursing facilities, according to a recent report.
Arbitration deal reached
Oct 18, 2019
ARKANSAS — Two Arkansas nursing homes and the federal government reached a deal to delay a rule that prohibits long-term care facilities from requiring residents to sign a binding arbitration agreement...
Florida: Criteria offered for nursing home evacuations
Jun 01, 2008
Leaders from state emergency command centers and long-term care organizations in the Southeast convened last month to release criteria for nursing home evacuations.
State News: Bill would require nursing homes to disclose direct care staffing numbers for ‘consumer...
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 07, 2019
CONNECTICUT — A proposal from Democrats in the state Senate would require disclosure of the specific number of direct care staff in a nursing home assigned to provide care to residents.
Licenses at risk for nursing facilities that don’t meet new emergency preparedness rules, official...
Jan 05, 2020
Long-term care facilities in Florida that have yet to comply with new emergency preparedness requirements, which include installing permanent or temporary generators, could lose their licenses, according...
State News for October 2016
Oct 01, 2016
Louisiana’s long-term care community was not unscathed from flooding that hit in mid-August, leaving thousands homeless and wreaking the worst damage in the country since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
State news
Feb 01, 2013
The Florida Health Care Association (FHA) criticized a report that one in five Florida nursing homes appears on the state’s watch list for failing to meet minimum care standards or correct violations...
A relaxed approach to testing over the holidays
Dec 01, 2020
FLORIDA — At least one governor was taking a more casual approach to COVID-19 this holiday season.
300 surveyors untested
Oct 01, 2020
CALIFORNIA — California health officials had yet to test at least 60% of its nursing home inspectors for COVID-19 despite promises to do so from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
State News for March 2015
Mar 04, 2015
ARKANSAS — A former circuit court judge recently admitted that a campaign contribution induced him to lower a jury award in a negligent death lawsuit brought by a nursing home resident’s family.