Category: Post-Acute

The Citadel Salisbury (N.C.), a nursing home that was the site of the state’s worst outbreak of COVID-19, closed after losing its Medicare agreement in May, 3WBTV reported June 23.

Bob Dean, 68, a nursing home owner facing dozens of lawsuits over a botched Hurricane Ida evacuation, was charged June 22 with eight felony counts of cruelty to persons with infirmities, five felony counts of Medicaid fraud and two felony counts of obs…

Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

Laguna Honda, San Francisco’s largest skilled nursing facility, began discharging its 700 patients as part of a federally mandated plan to relocate all residents by September, The San Francisco Chronicle reported June 17. 

COVID-19 infections in U.S. nursing homes quadrupled between mid-April and mid-May as booster rates waned, a new AARP analysis published June 16 found.

A Maine nursing home will establish policies and procedures to ensure it is a welcoming place for LGBTQ seniors after a 79-year-old transgender woman filed a discrimination lawsuit, NBC News reported June 16.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit June 15 against the American Health Foundation, its affiliated management corporation and three affiliated nursing homes, alleging they provided “grossly substandard” services to residents between 2016 and 2018.

A Maryland nursing home was forced to evacuate 112 seniors June 14 after a fire broke out in the kitchen area, The Washington Post reported.

Philadelphia is closing the Philadelphia Nursing Home, a 402-bed long-term care facility, by the end of the year, the city said June 14.

Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.