Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Data Analysis Indicates Slight Increase in LTC Cases and Deaths over Summer Months
The deadly effects of the Coronavirus in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country in the early months of the pandemic account for more than 70,000 resident and staff deaths….
Read More »Oklahoma Long-Term Care Facilities Seek Improved In-Person Visitation from Lawmakers
A study was requested by Oklahoma’s House of Representative’s Subcommittee on Health Services to determine the impact on residents of the Coronavirus lockdown prohibiting visitation in long-term care facilities. The…
Read More »Former CNA Files Suit against Pennsylvania Nursing Home Alleging Race Discrimination
A certified nursing assistant (CNA) recently filed a racial discrimination suit in a U.S. District Court against a Pennsylvania nursing home. The CNA alleges that she, along with other black…
Read More »COVID-19 Lockdowns and Hurricane Emergency Evacuations Create Challenges for Nursing Homes
As Hurricane Laura recently threatened the Gulf Coasts of Texas and Louisiana, the memory of the havoc wreaked by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on Texas and Florida nursing homes a…
Read More »Stricter COVID-19 Testing Requirements and Noncompliance Fines Implemented by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued stricter requirements for COVID-19 testing in nursing homes, making routine staff testing a requirement for participation in Medicare and Medicaid,…
Read More »Former Nursing Home Employee Accused of Stealing Identities of Numerous Residents
A former employee in an Illinois nursing home was recently arrested and charged with felony counts of wire fraud and continuing a financial crimes enterprise. Local police indicated that the…
Read More »Michigan Attorney General Responds to Long-Term Care Providers’ $900 COVID-19 Charges
The Michigan Attorney General (AG) recently responded to almost 40 complaints from long-term care residents or their families regarding charges for COVID-19 fees. The AG’s office sent “cease and desist”…
Read More »Two Connecticut Nursing Homes Fined for Failure to Test All Employees for COVID-19
Investigators from Connecticut’s Department of Public Health (DPH) recently found that two nursing homes had failed to test all employees for COVID-19 on a weekly basis as a state executive…
Read More »New Hampshire Ordered Ventilation Study Finds No Correlation between Systems and COVID-19 Spread
The New Hampshire State Health Commissioner recently reported that an independent study ordered by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) found no pattern related to the spread of…
Read More »Employee in New Hampshire Nursing Home Pleads Guilty to Assaulting 86-Year-Old Resident
A 70-year-old custodian in a New Hampshire nursing home recently pleaded guilty to inappropriately touching an 86-year-old female resident in the memory-care unit of the facility. The man was charged…
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