Lawmaker asks state to reconsider 2-bed per room rule to avert nursing home closures
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 16, 2023
A Massachusetts state representative wants to pause a pandemic-inspired rule limiting nursing homes to two beds per room for a year in the wake of four nursing homes on the western side of the state shuttering.
Lawsuit alleging ‘warehousing’ of disabled people in nursing homes shining light on national issue
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 30, 2023
A federal class-action lawsuit is highlighting a challenge felt nationwide: the housing people with disabilities in nursing homes without proper resources or a plan to transition them to more appropriate...
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 6
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 06, 2023
Deadly Massachusetts vet home case returns to court to determine leaders’ immunity … Worker classification rule ‘problematic’ for healthcare employers as written, coalition says … Watchdog blasts...
Sherrill House’s Stapleton to lead nursing home administrators board
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 20, 2022
Patrick J. Stapleton, CEO of Sherrill House, a not-for-profit skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Boston, has been unanimously elected chair of the state’s Board of Registration of Nursing Home...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 23, 2022
Nursing home staffing emergencies cost Massachusetts taxpayers $82 million … Senate Finance Committee Chairmen comment on HHS OIG report on nursing home psychotropics … AARP releases latest Public...
AG nabs $175K settlement, pushes provider out of sector over COVID lapses
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2022
A Massachusetts nursing home owner is out of the business and out of $175,000 due to a legal settlement over alleged insufficient infection prevention practices at the start of the pandemic.
Judge blocks regulation limiting room bed counts
By
Danielle Brown
May 16, 2022
Massachusetts will not be allowed to implement a regulation that requires long-term care facilities to discharge current residents in rooms with three or four beds, a Superior Court judge ruled.
Asif Merchant named medical director of Salmon campus
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 09, 2022
Salmon at Natick, a senior living community with skilled nursing, rehabilitation, assisted living and memory care has hired Asif Merchant, M.D., as medical director. Merchant serves as a COVID-19 vaccine...
AG renews COVID-19 criminal charge pursuit against nursing home leaders
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is appealing a decision by a state judge to drop criminal charges against two nursing home officials over their roles in a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility.
Long-term care providers are now struggling with a shortage of ambulance operators in addition to their own struggles with finding workers during the ongoing public health crisis.