Dual eligibles in nursing homes have fewer hospitalizations than those in home- and community-based care,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 19, 2014
Elderly, frail people are more likely to be hospitalized if they are receiving home- or community-based services than if they live in a nursing home, according to newly published research. Recent Medicaid...
PEAK members brave D.C. storm to push long-term care agenda
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 18, 2014
Nonprofit long-term care providers visiting Washington this week are encouraging members of Congress — some of them destined for tough re-election campaigns — to pursue key strategic goals.
HBO documentary reveals a certified nursing assistant’s struggle
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 18, 2014
President Lyndon Johnson highlighted impoverished families in Appalachia when he declared a “war on poverty.” Fifty years later, as the nation takes stock of how successfully we’ve waged...
Brokers stole dying nursing home residents’ identities to carry out a lucrative fraud, SEC charges
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 14, 2014
Two investment brokers and their associates are facing charges that they stole nursing home residents’ personal information to perpetrate annuities fraud, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Nursing home that posted a ‘no colored nurses’ order reaches settlement with NY attorney...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 05, 2014
A New York nursing home that accommodated a racist resident by barring black workers from certain areas of the facility has entered into a legal settlement, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...
Almost 60% of diabetic nursing home residents with chronic kidney disease are on a potentially problematic...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 03, 2014
Nursing home residents who have diabetes and chronic kidney disease are commonly given medications that are not in keeping with best practice guidelines or prescribing information, according to recently...
Kindred faces $2 million verdict in nursing home assault case with no eyewitnesses
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 24, 2014
A jury recently slapped Kindred Healthcare with a $2 million verdict in a resident abuse case that turned on testimony from medical experts, attorneys announced Thursday.
Nursing home-hospice relations the focus of webinar
Feb 14, 2014
Long-term care providers will learn how to better collaborate with hospice staff and colleagues in a hospice setting during a special webcast on Thursday. Alva S. Baker III, M.D., CMD, and Jeffrey Burl,...
Gun threats at nursing home get resident’s husband 41-month prison sentence
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 06, 2014
An Oregon man faces 41 months in prison after threatening to shoot nursing home workers, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Tuesday.
Assisted living residents cannot sue under nursing home law in New Jersey, federal court rules
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 05, 2014
A state law to protect nursing home residents cannot be invoked to bring a suit against an assisted living provider, a federal judge recently ruled, reversing his earlier decision.