More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful?
In 2011, California became the first state to require NHs to record whether Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (or POLST) were completed in the Minimum…
TX HHSC Urges LTC Facilities to Update Emergency Preparedness Plans before Hurricane Season
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging all long-term care facilities to make sure their emergency preparedness plans are updated ahead of the…
EEOC’s Pivot to Virtual Mediation Highly Successful, New Studies Find
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that two new independent studies report overwhelming satisfaction with the EEOC’s mediation program as well as a…
State Looking into Report Illinois Nursing Home Resident Left behind after Treatment
The state says it is looking into reports a nursing home resident was forgotten after being brought to Jacksonville for dialysis last week.
HHS-OIG Issues Notice of Exclusion to Owner of 7 Louisiana Nursing Homes
Inspector General Christi A. Grimm announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has excluded Mr. Bob…
Mired in bankruptcy and fines, Iowa nursing home is fined another $85,000
An Iowa nursing home that’s mired in bankruptcy and been hit with almost $40,000 in fines this year is now facing an additional $85,225 in…
Fifteen residents relocated amid elder abuse allegations at Georgia assisted living facility
Allegations of elder abuse prompted the relocation of 15 residents of a senior assisted living facility in Walker County, according to Sheriff Steve Wilson.
Pennsylvania AG Charges Two Care Home Managers for Failing to Report Sexual Abuse at Bucks Facility
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that the Office of Attorney General, in conjunction with the 47th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, has filed charges against General…
US Attorney’s Office and Hospital System Agree to Settlement to Resolve ADA Violations
Acting US Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio reached a settlement agreement with various hospitals…
‘Superbug’ Outbreaks Reported at Nevada Hospitals, Nursing Facilities
State and federal health authorities are investigating ongoing outbreaks at Nevada hospitals and nursing homes of a drug-resistant “superbug” that can lead to serious illness…