The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities in the United States that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report… Read More
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Brookdale Nursing Home Chain Sued In California For Resident Dumping
The Attorney General of California and local officials filed a Complaint on March 15, 2021 in the Superior Court of the State of California County of Keren – Metropolitan Division against Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (“Brookdale”), which is the nation’s… Read More
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CEO Of Nursing Home Conglomerate Received $5.2M Retention Bonus Just Before Retiring During COVID-19 Pandemic
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to Robert Fish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genesis Healthcare, Inc., dated January 27, 2021, expressing her outrage “about the inexplicable and unseemly decision by Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (Genesis) and its board… Read More
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CDC Study: Five Nursing Home Residents Reinfected With COVID-19 Had More Serious Symptoms
A CDC study published on February 26, 2021 entitled, “Suspected Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Residents of a Skilled Nursing Facility During a Second COVID-19 Outbreak — Kentucky, July–November 2020” stated: “Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019… Read More
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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Change In CMS Policy Regarding Nursing Home Civil Money Penalties
A Complaint filed on January 18, 2021 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) weakened enforcement of… Read More
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CDC: Only One-Third Of Nursing Home Staff Have Agreed To Receive COVID-19 Vaccination
The CDC reported on February 1, 2021, “Among 11,460 SNFs with at least one vaccination clinic conducted during the first month of the CDC Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, a median of 77.8% of residents and 37.5% of staff… Read More
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AARP: “Who’s To Blame For The 100,000 COVID Dead In Long-Term Care?”
AARP, in an article published in December 2020 that is entitled, “Who’s to Blame for the 100,000 COVID Dead in Long-Term Care?” stated, “The single greatest error of America’s response to the pandemic in nursing homes, most agree, was the… Read More
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How One Baltimore Nursing Home Maintained Zero COVID-19 Cases
The Maryland Baptist Aged Home, whose residents are mostly low-income people of color, has not had one case of COVID-19. Its Director was recently interviewed and explained how the Baltimore nursing home kept its 42 employees and 29 residents safe…. Read More
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$526K Tennessee Nursing Home Arbitration Award For Resident’s Fall Leading To Death
On October 30, 2020, a Tennessee nursing home claim arbitrator awarded $225,000 for the pain and suffering sustained by an 88-year-old nursing home resident who suffered a brain injury and died five days later as a result of a fall… Read More
