Nursing Homes Are Exploiting U.S. Rating System, The New York Times Reports
According to recent reporting from The New York Times, nursing homes throughout the United States have been found guilty of regularly exploiting the star rating system run by ...
New York Family Faces Rocky Path to Justice in Wake of Gov. Cuomo’s Nursing Home Shield
More than 500,000 people in the United States have died due to COVID-19 — a death count that, according to NPR, exceeds that of any other country. New York, a state hit hard ...
Nursing Home Residents, Staffers to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
A ray of hope shone on the United States on December 11, 2020 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (also known as the novel ...
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Relaxes COVID-19 Restrictions on Nursing Homes Visits
Updated Guidelines Allow Outdoor and Indoor Visitation Beyond Compassionate Care On September 17, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the U.S. ...
NPR Finds For-Profit Nursing Homes May Be Neglecting Patients
While it is no secret that nursing homes and their residents have been met with a slew of unprecedented challenges in 2020, a recent article from NPR, “For-Profit Nursing ...
Maryland Nursing Home Hit with Civil Penalties for COVID-19 Response
Holding Nursing Homes Accountable for Negligence It should come as no surprise that nursing homes are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19, as the elderly face the highest risks of ...
Government Seeks to Decrease Nursing Home Infection Controls
Despite Thousands of COVID-19 Deaths, the Federal Government Continues to Discuss Eliminating Vital Employees As of May 1st, USA Today released an estimate that nursing home ...
Nursing Homes Ban Visitors to Protect Against COVID-19
As guidance from the White House lags behind official recommendations, cities and states are making their own moves to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Many large ...
Whistleblowers Can Help the DOJ Prosecute Nursing Home Abuse
On March 3rd, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its National Nursing Home Initiative to increase awareness of—and legal action against—nursing home abuse. The ...
U.S. Government Expands Nursing Home Resident Protections
A New Federal Safety Commission Is Among the Post-Pandemic Changes to Protect Nursing Homes from Future Outbreaks Yesterday, President Trump announced a new task force to ...