Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes
OIG found that from 2011 through 2019, about 80 percent of Medicare’s long-stay nursing home residents were prescribed a psychotropic drug. While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services focused…
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Justice Department Launches Disability Rights Investigation into Missouri’s Use of Skilled Nursing Facilities
The Justice Department announced that it has opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into whether the State of Missouri unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with serious mental illness…
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Wisconsin DHS Announces Medicaid Nursing Home Rate Increase to Support Healthcare Workforce
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announces that Medicaid cost coverage for nursing homes will increase from 77% for fiscal year 2022 to 91% for fiscal year 2023. The…
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RSV Hospitalization Rate for Seniors 10X Higher Than Usual for This Point in the Season
The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children’s hospitals in many parts of the country — especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.
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Texas Nursing Homes Are Missing Something: Nurses
Texas does not have enough nurses for its senior care facilities, and the shortage is fueled by a number of factors.
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Deer Runs through Nursing Home Window in New York State
A deer reportedly ran through the parking lot of the Wells Nursing Home in Johnstown before crashing through a window and running around inside.
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Trial Pushed Back until March for Woman Who Worked at Iowa Assisted Living Facility
The jury trial for the woman charged with second-degree murder after someone died at a Bondurant assisted living facility has been pushed back.
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Over 96% of NYC’s Nursing Homes & Adult Care Facilities Had Zero Visits from Oversight Agency
Over 96% of New York City’s nursing homes and other adult care facilities failed to receive a single visit from New York’s federally-required adult care oversight program in the first…
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Nursing Home Bus Driver Charged with Neglect after Rider Suffers Broken Vertebra
A man working as a bus driver for an Indiana nursing home is now facing a felony charge after a rider suffered a broken vertebra during a ride this past…
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Florida Man Involved in Nursing Home Death Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial
Seventy-two-year-old Cliff Mody, the man who was charged in the death of a fellow resident at Gold Choice Assisted Living & Memory Care back in May, has been declared incompetent…
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