Woman alleges wrongful termination after reporting sexual abuse, requesting additional COVID-19 sick time
A former employee of an Illinois nursing home is suing the company for allegedly terminating her employment in retaliation for reporting sexual abuse and then requesting additional sick time when…
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Judge blocks NY AG investigators from getting Syracuse nursing home records
A Syracuse nursing home can withhold some records the state Attorney General’s office wants as part of its investigation of alleged neglect, abuse and deaths at the facility, a judge…
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Illinois Nursing Home Accused of Negligence Leading to Resident’s Death
An Illinois nursing home has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that negligence led to the death of a resident.
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Maine Nursing Home Placed on Federal “Special Focus” List
A Winthrop nursing home with a history of federal fines has been placed on a national list of facilities with “serious quality issues” after two residents wandered off in separate…
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More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful?
In 2011, California became the first state to require NHs to record whether Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (or POLST) were completed in the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a standardized…
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TX HHSC Urges LTC Facilities to Update Emergency Preparedness Plans before Hurricane Season
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging all long-term care facilities to make sure their emergency preparedness plans are updated ahead of the start of an active hurricane…
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EEOC’s Pivot to Virtual Mediation Highly Successful, New Studies Find
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that two new independent studies report overwhelming satisfaction with the EEOC’s mediation program as well as a successful transition from in-person to…
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State Looking into Report Illinois Nursing Home Resident Left behind after Treatment
The state says it is looking into reports a nursing home resident was forgotten after being brought to Jacksonville for dialysis last week.
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HHS-OIG Issues Notice of Exclusion to Owner of 7 Louisiana Nursing Homes
Inspector General Christi A. Grimm announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has excluded Mr. Bob G. Dean, Jr., from participation…
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Mired in bankruptcy and fines, Iowa nursing home is fined another $85,000
An Iowa nursing home that’s mired in bankruptcy and been hit with almost $40,000 in fines this year is now facing an additional $85,225 in fines for poor quality care.
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