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Study Finds Private Equity-Owned Nursing Homes Have More ER Visits, Hospitalizations, And Medicare Costs

January 4, 2022

A study published on November 19, 2021 in JAMA Health Forum analyzed 9,864 nursing homes in the United States, including 9,632 residents in 302 nursing homes acquired by private equity firms and 249, 771 residents in 9,562 other for-profit nursing homes without private equity ownership and found t[...]

CMS To Begin Placing Alert Icon On Nursing Home Compare Website For Nursing Homes Where Abuse Has Been Reported

October 8, 2019

CMS announced on October 7, 2019 that “[l]ater this month, CMS will – for the first time – display a consumer alert icon next to nursing homes that have been cited for incidents of abuse, neglect, or exploitation for nursing homes on its Nursing Home Compare website … Previously, con[...]

Premature Deaths In Australian Nursing Homes Increased More Than 400% In Ten Years

June 24, 2017

Research recently published in The Medical Journal of Australia found that deaths due to injury or violence (“external causes”) in Australian nursing homes increased from 1.2 per 1,000 admissions from 2001 to 2002 to 5.3 per 1,000 admissions in 2011 to 2012, which represents an increase [...]

Virginia Nursing Home Allegedly Tied Resident To Wheelchair, Injected Her With Sedative

January 20, 2017

An 84-year-old former resident of a Virginia nursing home, and her daughter, have filed a Virginia nursing home abuse lawsuit in which they allege that two nurses at the defendant nursing home tied the resident to her wheelchair with bed sheets and then injected her with narcotic sedatives to keep h[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home Settles Claim By Resident Struck By Its Van

December 27, 2016

A troubled Wyoming nursing home with a history of deficiencies and personal injury and wrongful death claims made against it has reportedly settled the personal injury claim of one of its residents who was negligently struck by a van owned by the nursing home and operated by its employee, as the l[...]

Study: Post-Acute Nursing Home Care More Important Than Hospital Care For Elderly Hip Fracture Patients

November 13, 2016

A new study published by Penn Medicine found that for elderly care patients in the United States who suffered hip fractures, the care provided in nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and at-home care had a three to eight times greater impact on outcomes such as mobility and mortality than the h[...]

California Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed

March 4, 2016

On February 9, 2016, the family of a deceased California nursing home resident filed a California nursing home negligence and wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that the resident had experienced a fall in the nursing home about two weeks after he arrived, followed by negligent nursing home care, which[...]

Las Vegas Nursing Home Sued for Neglect/Abuse Leading To Death

February 21, 2016

A Las Vegas nursing home is being sued for the alleged abuse and neglect of an 89-year-old resident who told a nurse at the nursing home on May 20, 2014 to call the police, after which he pointed to his knee and stated, “the therapist.” No one called the police that day but the severe[...]

Illinois Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Death

September 13, 2015

On June 18, 2015, a complaint alleging nursing home negligence resulting in a resident’s death on June 19, 2013 was filed against the nursing home and other defendants. The Illinois nursing home negligence/wrongful death lawsuit was filed under Illinois’ Nursing Home Care Act as well[...]

Former Arkansas Judge Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribe To Reduce Nursing Home Negligence Verdict

January 16, 2015

A former Arkansas circuit judge has pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from a nursing home owner to reduce a nursing home negligence jury verdict, from $5.2 million to $1 million. The businessman who owned the nursing home had financed several political action committees that donated to the jud[...]

Pennsylvania Trial Court Finds Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable

October 19, 2014

In his October 3, 2014 written opinion, a Pennsylvania trial judge held that a nursing home’s arbitration agreement was unconscionable because the agreement was so one-sided, violated public policy, was misleading, was confusing, and that some of the provisions were overreaching. The arbitra[...]

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