The Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company recently announced that it is starting a late-stage trial, involving 2,400 participants (residents and staff) in nursing homes, to study whether an experimental COVID-19 antibody treatment can prevent the virus’ spread in residents and staff.
Failure by three nursing homes to provide an adequate level of care to residents during the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in the Massachusetts’ Medicaid program issuing termination notices.
The family of an 86-year-old resident in an Alabama nursing home has made allegations regarding the facility’s failure to inform them about the resident’s deteriorating…
As another hurricane season rolls round, the nursing home tragedies associated with Hurricane Irma in 2017 are remembered and serve as reminders regarding the continuing…
The arrest of the former owner of an Arkansas nursing home was recently announced by Arkansas’ attorney general. The man is accused of emptying or…
The licenses of two nurses working in a Pennsylvania hospital were recently suspended. The nurses cared for patients alleged to have died in a patient-dosing…
A Washington physician and the doctor-owner of a medical personnel company have been named in a lawsuit filed by a nursing home. The lawsuit alleges…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing home residents and healthcare staff on July 21. See the…
After reports of shots being fired near a Florida nursing home on the evening of July 22, police responded to investigate the incident. While they…
The US Department of Labor (USDOL) recently cited a healthcare company that operates multiple nursing homes in Ohio for violating respiratory protection standards. The citations…