Category: Post-Acute

Leading Age New York, an 80-member nursing home and care facility group, is suing New York state over a minimum staffing law and seeking an injunction to prevent the law’s enforcement, ABC 13 affiliate WHAM reported Jan. 3.

Nurses who recently unionized at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home in Joliet, Ill., are protesting after the nursing home announced its closure, CBS Chicago reported Dec. 19.

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing Rehabilitation in Woodbury for allegedly diverting over $22.6 million in Medicaid and Medicare funds to the owners’ pockets.

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Louisiana has issued temporary evacuation rules for nursing homes that will be fully implemented in May, ABC affiliate KTBS reported Dec. 10.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Dec. 7 that requires nursing homes to swiftly update residents and family when an infection is detected within the facility.

A new report is calling for assisted living communities to change their medical and mental health services to match the evolving populations they serve.

Of the thousands of nursing homes that are understaffed, federal regulators only cited 4 percent and fined even fewer, according to a USA Today investigation. 

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Comprehensive at Orleans for neglect and using the state’s Medicaid program for personal profit.

Five people were sent to the hospital after a fire broke out at Florissant, Mo.-based Bentwood Nursing and Rehab Center, NBC affiliate KSDK reported Nov. 19.