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• State-Owned Nursing Home Lawsuit Over Violation of Dementia Patient’s Rights Allowed: Supreme Court

  June 9, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to sue state-owned nursing homes in a wrongful death lawsuit over the alleged use of chemical restraints which allegedly led to a resident's death.

• Nursing Home Falls and Bedsores Often Underreported in Rating Information: Study

  May 25, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  A new study finds that nursing home falls and bedsores are often underreported to the government agency charged with rating nursing homes.

• Coalition of State Attorneys General Call for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership

  April 28, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  A letter from 18 state attorneys general calls for the CMS to require more transparency of ownership of for-profit nursing home facilities.

• Assisted Living Bedsore Lawsuit Results In $12.5M Verdict Against Florida Facility

  February 23, 2023

  Russell Maas

  A Florida jury has awarded $12.5 million to a woman whose mother died due to complications from a massive bedsore which developed just two months after she was put in an assisted living facility.

• Researchers Call for Updates to Federal Nursing Home Care Rating System

  February 14, 2023

  Russell Maas

  A new study urges the federal government to more heavily consider complaints from residents in its Nursing Home Care rating system.

• Congressional Report Highlights Nursing Home Neglect, Understaffing Problems at For-Profit Care Facilities

  October 5, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A congressional report claims for-profit nursing homes engaged in cost-cutting measures and ordered workers with COVID-19 to work, contributing to the tragic death toll the pandemic had on long-term care facilities nationwide.

• House Panel Finds Nursing Home Understaffing Likely Led to More Deaths During Pandemic

  September 22, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  A House panel's report finds nursing home understaffing played a major role in elderly deaths during the pandemic.

• Nursing Home Bedsores Underreported to Federal Regulators, Study Finds

  August 26, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study warns nursing homes may be underreporting serious bedsore injuries.

• Nursing Homes Lost Half Their Staff During Pandemic, and Many Haven’t Replaced Them: CMS Warns

  August 10, 2022

  Russell Maas

  The CMS has reconfigured its nursing home comparison website to include staffing turnover levels, warning that facilities have failed to recover staff lost during the pandemic.

• District of Columbia Nursing Home Care Ranks Worst in U.S.: Report

  August 9, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A new report labels District of Columbia nursing homes as the lowest rated in the nation at the state level.