The Department of Housing and Urban Development is about to sell a group of nursing homes it took over 18 months ago after the previous owners defaulted on $146 million in government-guaranteed mortgages, The New York Times reports.
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CMS-sponsored website Nursing Home Compare, which reports quality data from U.S. nursing homes, may be using inaccurate data to report patient safety related to falls, according to a study published in Health Services Research.
A 95-year-old patient is dead after being attacked in his room at Port St. Lucie, Fla.-based Tiffany Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, USA Network affiliate TCPalm reports.
Two Ohio Democratic legislators have proposed a bill that would let families put cameras in nursing home rooms to help end abuse, CBS affiliate Cleveland 19 reports.
For the first time since the early 20th century, more people are dying in their homes than in hospitals, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Maine's governor passed a bill to increase Medicaid payments to nursing homes, announced in a letter to the Legislature's budget-writing Appropriations Committee Dec. 9, according to the Portland Press Herald.
LHC Group announced the company's new senior medical advisor, Dr. Benjamin Doga.
Horseshoe Bend, Ark.-based South Bend Nursing has activated an emergency plan to relocate 21 residents after a corporate operator said it would no longer operate or provide supplies, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
A New York nursing home was fined $10,000 by the state health department for delayed reporting and destroying potential evidence of a sexual assault between residents, according to The Buffalo News.
Nursing home providers are fighting legislation that would require nursing facilities to meet minimum staffing requirements, and are asking lawmakers to instead address the industry labor shortage, according to McKnight's Long-Term Care News.