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99% Of U.S. Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages

September 28, 2021

A recent survey conducted by the American Health Care Association found that 99% of nursing homes and 96% of assisted living facilities in the United States are facing staffing shortages. The survey also found that 99% of nursing homes and 100% of assisted living facilities have requested current st[...]

OIG Report: 71% Of Nursing Homes Had Gone At Least 16 Months Without A Standard Survey

August 26, 2021

The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) on July 27, 2021 issued a report entitled “States’ Backlogs of Standard Surveys of Nursing Homes Grew Substantially During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in which it stated: “Sta[...]

Survey Finds 94% Of U.S. Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages

July 13, 2021

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) conducted a survey of 616 nursing homes and 122 assisted living communities across the U.S., inquiring about challenges they face in their workforce. The survey found that almost three-fourths of nursing homes a[...]

OIG Report: COVID-19 Impact On Medicare Beneficiaries In Nursing Homes During 2020

July 12, 2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report in June 2021 entitled, “COVID-19 Had a Devastating Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes During 2020,” that found that of the approximately 3.1 million Medicare be[...]

AAJ Report: “Where White Men Rule: How the Secretive System of Forced Arbitration Hurts Women and Minorities”

June 23, 2021

This month (June 2021) the American Association for Justice (AAJ) issued a report entitled “Where White Men Rule: How the Secretive System of Forced Arbitration Hurts Women and Minorities” that stated, “While federal and state judiciaries have struggled for years with the lack of r[...]

Brookdale Nursing Home Chain Sued In California For Resident Dumping

March 18, 2021

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 largest senior living[...]

250 Nursing Home Resident Advocacy Organizations Implore U.S. Senate To Avoid Granting Immunity To Nursing Homes

June 11, 2020

In a letter dated May 28, 2020 addressed to the leaders of the U.S. Senate, 250 organizations throughout the United States that advocate on behalf of the 1.3 million nursing home residents in the United States implored the U.S. Senate “to strongly oppose granting immunity to nursing homes duri[...]

Maryland’s Governor Orders More Aggressive Measures To Address COVID-19 In Maryland Nursing Homes

April 8, 2020

Maryland’s Governor, Larry Hogan, has issued new emergency measures to combat COVID-19 in nursing homes: “Effective immediately, new directives will require facilities to direct all staff who interact with residents to wear personal protective equipment, create separate observation and i[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Nursing Home In Aspiration Death Case

February 6, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) in its unpublished opinion dated January 15, 2020 upheld summary judgment for the defendant nursing home in a nursing home negligence case out of North Carolina that alleged that the defendant nursing h[...]

$7.6M Georgia Nursing Home Negligence Verdict

February 4, 2018

On January 25, 2018, a Georgia nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict against the defendant nursing home in the amount of $7,621,000, finding the nursing home guilty of both ordinary negligence and medical malpractice. The Georgia nursing home negligence jury determined that the defendant[...]

Washington Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Elopement, Subsequent Death

September 16, 2017

On August 30, 2017, the estate of an 83-year-old man who was a resident of a Bremerton, Washington nursing home at the time he eloped from the facility during the early morning of October 10, 2016, after which he was found lying in a parking lot and died later that day, has filed a nursing […[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Says Nursing Home Fall Claim Is Not A Medical Malpractice Claim

December 30, 2014

In its decision filed on December 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Tenth Appellate District (“Appellate Court”) held that the plaintiff’s claim for injury due to a nursing home fall was a negligence claim and not a medical malpractice (medical negligence) claim. The Appella[...]

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