The Connecticut Department of Public Health fined seven nursing homes for lapses in care that led to patient harm or endangerment, according to The Middletown Press.
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Thirty percent of registered nurses at nursing homes report high levels of burnout, according to a study published July 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Helena, Mont.-based Big Sky Care Center received its second "immediate jeopardy" CMS citation in about two years on June 6, for putting a resident in danger of harm or death, The Independent Record reported July 24.
A California appeals court ruled July 22 that nursing home physicians and staff must consult with patients who have been found mentally incompetent, or those patient's representatives, before administering psychiatric drugs or making end-of-life decisions, according to The San Francisco…
New York health inspectors cited the Springville, N.Y.-based Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home for providing poor-quality care to a patient who died after being taken to an emergency room in spring 2019, according to The Buffalo News.
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Patients suffer from adverse events 37.3 percent of the time during the transition from a hospital to a long-term care facility, and 70.4 percent of these events are preventable, according to a July 22 study in JAMA.
CMS proposed one rule and finalized another that aim to improve safety and quality in nursing homes.
Health officials confirmed a respiratory outbreak at a second long-term care facility in Fairfax County, Va., reports ABC affiliate WJLA.
While methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases have decreased steadily in Michigan-based nursing facilities from 2003 to 2016, the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, has nearly tripled, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
About 1 in 5 hospice programs participating in Medicare have had serious deficiencies that threaten patient safety, according to a two-part report released July 9 by HHS' Office of Inspector General.