New York, New Jersey facilities struggle to recover after Hurricane Sandy and winter snowstorm
By
McKnight's Staff
Dec 02, 2012
It could be months before New York and New Jersey long-term care facilities and their residents fully recover from the double whammy of Hurricane Sandy and the subsequent nor’easter winter storm...
12 facilities resume visits
Oct 01, 2020
TEXAS — Just 12 nursing homes had met Texas’ criteria for resuming visitation at their facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
‘Scary’ SNF closure trend
Jan 05, 2020
Nebraska — The closure of more than a dozen nursing homes throughout the state of Nebraska in 2019 is causing an “economic ripple effect” on nearby towns, according to community members.
Licenses at risk for nursing facilities that don’t meet new emergency preparedness rules, official...
Jan 05, 2020
Long-term care facilities in Florida that have yet to comply with new emergency preparedness requirements, which include installing permanent or temporary generators, could lose their licenses, according...
Operators avert big strike
Jun 01, 2020
ILLINOIS — Dozens of Illinois nursing home providers averted a strike by increasing wages by 24% and agreeing to provide hazard pay for workers.
State News: October 2018
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 25, 2018
Vegan meals may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but a proposed law would require healthcare facilities to make them available.
State News for March 2018
Mar 08, 2018
Nursing home founder’s death leads to $140K fine.
State News for October 2017
Oct 06, 2017
At least nine residents of a Florida nursing home died after their facility lost air conditioning following Hurricane Irma, authorities said in mid-September.
State news: Joplin nursing homes mourn losses, sort through fallout weeks later
Jul 01, 2011
Six skilled nursing facilities are still sorting through the debris and fallout of lives and jobs uprooted from a tornado that nearly leveled the entire city of Joplin, MO, in late April.