Prosecutors target nursing homes that reject patients needing opioid treatment
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2022
A Massachusetts nursing home must pay a $5,000 penalty and revise its admissions policy over an alleged refusal to accept a patient needing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
Virginia facility pays $90k to settle lawsuit alleging it denied deaf resident admission over extra needs
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2021
A Virginia skilled nursing provider accused of denying a resident admission because she was deaf has settled a federal disability lawsuit for $90,000, the Department of Justice announced this week.
Life Care Centers to adopt service animal policy following ADA complaint
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Nov 07, 2017
Life Care Centers of America will be implementing a new service animal policy across its more than 200 long-term care facilities following a settlement of service animal-related complaint, authorities...
Limiting nursing home shift to 8 hours was reasonable request, EEOC charges in discrimination suit
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 17, 2014
A New Mexico nursing home broke federal law by not allowing an employee with health problems to limit his shifts to eight hours, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged.
Ask the legal expert … about leave-of-absence mistakes
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2013
How can we avoid some of the most common leave-of-absence mistakes administrators/owners make?
Court: Pregnancy was not a disability for nursing home worker
Sep 02, 2011
A U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a decision to dismiss the claim of a nursing home worker who says she experienced pregnancy and disability discrimination.