CMS cited Walterboro, S.C.-based Veterans' Victory House after a state investigation revealed several violations related to medication administration, reports The Post and Courier.
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About 80 registered home health nurses, hospice workers and other caregivers in central Illinois braved subzero temperatures and dangerous wind chill conditions to visit patients Jan. 30, according to The State Journal-Register.
In the 13 months since the families of a New York nursing home operator urged administrators to address care quality issues, the administrators are making improvements, The Daily Gazette reports.
Nursing home administrators in South Dakota warned lawmakers Jan. 29 that the state's nursing home industry is on the verge of financial collapse, reports the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
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Two Connecticut nursing homes were cited by the state Department of Public Health for lapses in care that led to two resident deaths, according to the CTPost.
Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare, which operates the facility where an incapacitated patient was raped and became pregnant, has a history of special protections from Arizona, according to AZCentral.com.
After elder-care facilities in Pennsylvania received a poor grade from the state inspector general's office for failing to investigate elder-abuse complaints, the PennLive editorial board is supporting a proposal that requires nursing homes to report deaths to coroners.
The Illinois Department of Public Health fined two nursing homes in Quincy over patient care issues in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to KHMO.
St. Clare-Newport (R.I.) nursing home and assisted-living facility evacuated 87 residents Jan. 22 due to a gas service shutdown, reports The Newport Daily News.