State news: Dementia care, training the focus of reform efforts
Aug 01, 2012
Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has signed off on sweeping reforms designed to improve dementia care in nursing homes. The law includes a requirement for minimum care standards for dementia care units, and mandates...
Facilities angered by retroactive cuts
Nov 01, 2011
NEW YORK – That the state health department cut nursing home Medicaid funding this year was enough of a sting, but having to recoup payouts from years before was the proverbial straw for nearly 36...
State News
Mar 01, 2014
HAWAII — One of the most expensive states in the country for long-term care is staring down the barrel of dwindling budgets and a rapidly growing elderly population. Officials are taking proactive measures...
State News for September 2014
Sep 01, 2014
MAINE – The state’s nursing homes will get their first Medicaid rate increase in six years after a breathtaking display of mid-summer political brinksmanship. But dark days still loom in a...
CA: New website promotes psychoactive meds education
Jun 01, 2011
You’ve seen Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of R.P. McMurphy in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” pretending to swallow pills given to him by Nurse Ratched in a small paper cup.
State News for January 2015
Jan 01, 2015
NEW JERSEY — Lawmakers here will soon debate the merits of a bill that would require the state to pay facilities up to half of the money owed for uncompensated care for residents whose Medicaid applications...
Right-to-work law is seen as effort to offset unions
Mar 01, 2012
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed anti-union legislation early in February that will turn Indiana into a right-to-work state.
Right-to-work legislation bans unions from requiring members to pay union dues,...
Illinois: New reforms present Catch-22 situation
Oct 01, 2010
Recently passed nursing home reform laws in Illinois will require facilities to increase the number of staff. It’s a requirement many in the nursing home industry are calling a Catch-22.
State News for April 2016
Apr 04, 2016
NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Health has come under fire for its perceived soft enforcement of fines against nursing homes.
State News
Oct 01, 2013
NEW JERSEY — A “bill of rights” for independent living residents of continuing care retirement communities hit the governor’s desk after passing out of the Senate in August. Sens. Robert...