LeadingAge NY Meets with DOH on Provider Financial Concerns
Last Friday, LeadingAge NY met with top-level Department of Health (DOH) staff responsible for coordinating policy and reimbursement for long term care (LTC) services.
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A New Way to Treat Chronic Wounds
Tens of millions of patients around the world suffer from persistent and potentially life-threatening wounds. These chronic wounds, which are also a leading cause of amputation, have treatments, but the…
Read More »US DOL Cites Three Employers for Exposing Workers, Residents to Asbestos
Three employers at a Missouri residential nursing facility exposed workers and residents to asbestos hazards and failed to ensure safe removal of the known carcinogen during a flooring replacement project,…
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit against NJ Nursing Home Claims Assault, Battery
The son of a woman who died at a nursing home in Westfield in 2019 shortly after a photo of her severely bruised and bloodied face was circulated on social…
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Michigan Experiencing Increase in Legionnaires’ Disease
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is coordinating with local health departments across the state to investigate a recent increase in reports of Legionnaires’ disease. Between July…
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Iowa Family Pursues New Legal Strategy in Wrongful-Death Case
If a nursing home company can sue residents to collect payment, residents should be able to sue the same company for wrongful death even if they’ve signed an arbitration agreement,…
Read More »Sex Offender Gets 3-Plus Years in Prison for Wisconsin Nursing Home Assaults
A man who prompted an investigation into a Sauk City nursing home after being charged with sexually assaulting residents there in 2018 was recently sentenced to three years, one month,…
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California nurse pleads guilty to elder abuse after patient dies; gets probation and loses nursing license
A Riverside nurse whose failure to properly assess and treat a 69-year-old nursing home resident’s bed ulcer caused a fatal decline in the woman’s health pleaded guilty Wednesday to elder…
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New study by WHO Europe and ECDC examines variations in antibiotic consumption in European countries 2014–2018
The WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have released a report on the consumption of antibiotics in countries across the WHO…
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High vaccination rates drive low numbers of new COVID deaths in Louisiana nursing homes
A year after COVID-19 ravaged Louisiana nursing homes with sickness, isolation and death, fatal cases have plunged to near zero in recent weeks, further highlighting a significant turnaround in places…
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