Q: What is a skilled nursing facility to do when a resident doesn’t want to be cared for by a person of another race?
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Oct 04, 2022
Ahead of Friday’s SNF TNA job-loss deadline, AHCA/NCAL urges CMS to re-issue blanket waiver … Study examines how LTC facility staff understand discrimination by residents and why staff fail to report...
Also in the News, Sept. 20
By
Joe Bush
Sep 20, 2022
More looks at private equity effects on SNF…Facility sued for discrimination after firing unvaccinated employees…$15 an hour in jeapordy for Fla. long-term care workers…CDC updates National Healthcare...
Staff perceptions, limited resources thwart nursing home care for substance abusers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2022
A federal push to have skilled nursing providers care for more patients with substance use and opioid use disorders faces major systemic hurdles, researchers reported this week.
Discrimination a barrier to advance care planning for sexual, gender minorities, study finds
Aug 22, 2022
Experiences of discrimination in healthcare leave sexual and gender minority adults in doubt that their preferences will be considered in end-of-life care, investigators report.
Four caregivers have settled a nearly 3-year-old class action race discrimination lawsuit against a now-shuttered New Jersey nursing home plagued by a host of problems, including COVID-19 outbreaks and...
Lawsuit is stark reminder: Tread carefully in disability conversations with employees
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 22, 2022
Legal experts are warning nursing home leaders that inappropriate conversations with employees about disabilities, medical conditions or their general health can be costly, after a federal court allowed...
Social stress may speed immune system aging: study
Jun 27, 2022
Exposure to social stress including trauma and discrimination is associated with signs of accelerated immune system aging, a first-time study has found.
‘Groundbreaking’ transgender discrimination case could be a game-changer for nursing homes, expert...
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 17, 2022
A Maine assisted living facility’s settlement in a transgender discrimination lawsuit could have “groundbreaking” implications for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities and how they serve...
Judge: Deaf resident can sue operator
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 08, 2018
A former nursing home resident who is deaf can pursue a discrimination case against the facility where she lived for more than two years because staff ignored her repeated requests for a sign language...