Opinion: Improving nursing home care goes beyond helping nurses
By
Kristen Fischer
May 30, 2024
An editorial published Monday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society points out flaws in moves to improve nursing home care outlined in a report published in March.
AARP: 4 years later, COVID-19 still rages in nursing homes
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 18, 2024
Even as nursing home cases and deaths related to COVID-19 are declining, a recent analysis finds the virus is still wreaking havoc in long-term care settings.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Dec. 12
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 12, 2023
Nursing home employee bilks provider out of $100K in pay for hours never worked … Stunning Christmas light display at nursing home honors lost loved ones … Institutional support, face-to-face interactions...
Operator hit with record $5.5M verdict over oxygen failure
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 03, 2023
A jury has awarded the family of a deceased nursing home resident $5.5 million after her oxygen machine stopped working due to a power outage.
Nursing home providers help to design, refine facility IP program
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 26, 2023
In partnership with providers, an infection control peer coaching program has been updated to improve its utility amid competing facility priorities and staffing shortages.
Dedication doesn’t falter amid fresh destruction
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
It’s been a calamitous couple of weeks for storm-battered skilled nursing operators and many of the dedicated people who work in them.
Court rules against nursing home employee fired for hitting groping resident
By
Joe Bush
Dec 06, 2022
A nursing home worker’s hand-slapping of a groping resident is not protected under the West Virginia Human Rights Act, a federal court has ruled.
CareTrust REIT expects mid-2023 bonanza for facility acquisitions
By
Joe Bush
Nov 10, 2022
CareTrust REIT is “open for business,” emphasized president and CEO David Sedgwick during the company’s cautiously optimistic third-quarter earnings call Wednesday.
Report rips EMTs in $100 million lawsuit who misstated law to avoid entering COVID facility to help cardiac...
By
Joe Bush
Nov 08, 2022
Firefighters who refused to enter a nursing home over COVID-19 concerns while a cardiac arrest victim was stricken inside drew fierce criticism from a city-commissioned report.
State negotiates on penalties to avert nursing home closures
By
Joe Bush
Nov 03, 2022
A struggling nursing home that owes nearly $4 million in state fees will likely be able to remain open, thanks to Iowa’s reconsideration of a bankruptcy strategy.