EEOC Claims a Kansas City Nursing Home Violated the Equal Pay Act
A Kansas City nursing home will need to pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a gender-based pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)….
Read More »Georgia’s Nursing Home Administrators Meet with Governor to Discuss Staffing Challenges
Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia met with nursing home administrators across the state this week for a round-table discussion. The administrators shared similar experiences, and their biggest challenge during the…
Read More »New Jersey Department of Health Increases COVID-19 Testing as Community Spread Continues
On November 30, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Health issued an Executive Directive requiring all facilities that receive BinaxNow tests and have a CLIA certification to test all staff…
Read More »Minnesota’s Nursing Homes Staffing Is Unbelievably Challenging as COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket
The number of COVID-19 cases is in the thousands, with a large continuous spread throughout Minnesota. A large number of staff are out sick or in quarantine because of exposure…
Read More »Nursing Home Employee Arrested on a Felony Neglect Charge
A caregiver at a senior living center in Tallahassee, Florida, was arrested on a third-degree felony charge of neglect of a disabled adult. The charges were filed after a state…
Read More »Record High Outbreak of COVID-19 Hits Nursing Homes
In the first week of November 2020, more than 1,300 nursing homes in the United States have three or more confirmed cases of COVID-19. The analysis of the federal data…
Read More »OSHA Reissues Announcement of Penalties for Violations Relating to COVID-19
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reissued its announcement of citations for noncompliance related to COVID-19. OSHA reportedly has issued 232 citations since the start…
Read More »CDC Updates Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tools
The Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) tool provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was updated on November 20, 2020. This tool should be used to systemically…
Read More »Pennsylvania Senior Living Center Manager Files Discrimination Lawsuit
One day after being placed on work restrictions due to an injury that occurred at his workplace, John Mercer was fired from his executive director position of two facilities owned…
Read More »Nursing Homes Urged to Follow Established COVID-19 Guidelines this Holiday Season
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is imploring staff, residents, and visitors to exercise extreme caution this holiday season. In addition, CMS is urging nursing home staff, residents,…
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