Post-Acute

CMS and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a joint letter Sept. 8 stating that nursing care facilities may not require a third-party caregiver to personally guarantee payment of a nursing home resident's bill as a condition of the resident's…

Fortune released its "25 Best Large Workplaces for Aging Services" report Sept. 7.

Workers at 14 nursing homes in Pennsylvania are on strike after no agreement was reached with their employers on Friday. On Labor Day, nursing home workers with the Service Employees International Union and community members picketed outside of Fairlane Gardens…

Farragut, Tenn.-based Summit View of Farragut lost its certification from CMS and has to remove residents by Oct. 1, ABC affiliate WATE reported Sept. 1.

Researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago project more than 11 million middle-income seniors aged 75 and older may not be able to afford long-term care facilities in 2033.

Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network opened a physical rehabilitation hospital, medical clinics and pharmacy in a former heart hospital, BizTimes reported Aug. 30.

Three residents at a San Mateo, Calif.-based nursing home were "mistakenly being served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice," SFist reported Aug. 30.

Forty residents of Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Syracuse, N.Y., have been moved to a special COVID-19 wing after testing positive for the virus, syracuse.com reported Aug. 29.

Union nurses and other organized staff at 24 nursing homes across Pennsylvania have sent strike notices to their employers. Here are three updates on the situation as of Aug. 29, as reported by The Meadville Tribune:

Attorneys for Bob Dean, a New Orleans nursing home owner facing a class action lawsuit over the botched evacuation of more than 800 seniors during Hurricane Ida, have reached a preliminary settlement between $12 million and $15 million, Nola reported…