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.
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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.
In her first budget address Jan. 23, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will discuss underfunding of state nursing homes that has resulted in numerous closures, according to the Rapid City Journal.
State officials ordered Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare to hire a third-party manager to oversee operations at a care facility where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth last month, reports NBC News.
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The owner of a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient in a vegetative state was impregnated and gave birth in December 2018 hired a former attorney to investigate the "facts and circumstances" that led up to the patient's…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's home health agency — Northwell Health at Home — received The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Heart Failure Certification.
A nursing home patient's diagnosis is not the best predictor of whether the patient will be transferred to a hospital, according to a study published in Innovation in Aging.
Duluth, Minn.-based Chris Jensen Health and Rehabilitation Center was cited for neglect after Minnesota investigators found four nurses did not attempt resuscitation on an unresponsive patient who ultimately died, according to the StarTribune.
Sebastopol, Calif.-based Sonoma West Medical Center is facing a financial crisis and plans to eliminate some services to avoid closure, according to the Sonoma West Times & News.