Iowa Nursing Home Cited by State for Resident’s Death from COVID

Iowa Nursing Home Cited by State for Resident’s Death from COVID

Iowa Nursing Home Cited by State for Resident’s Death from COVID:  Upon investigating the suspected wrongful death of a male resident of Regency Care Center, state inspectors discovered numerous un-investigated nursing home malpractice complaints against the facility....
Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice The Biden administration has released a proposed rule requiring nursing homes to meet a minimum staffing level, a Washington Post article reports. The rule, said Secretary of Health...
North Carolina Nursing Home Failed to Detect Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems, State Inspection Report Finds

North Carolina Nursing Home Failed to Detect Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems, State Inspection Report Finds

Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems went Undetected by North Carolina Nursing Home, State Inspection Report Finds The Hunter Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been repeatedly cited for violations amounting to nursing...
Proposed Bill Seeks to Prevent New Jersey Nursing Homes from Financially Victimizing Residents

Proposed Bill Seeks to Prevent New Jersey Nursing Homes from Financially Victimizing Residents

Proposed Bill Seeks to Prevent New Jersey Nursing Homes from Financially Victimizing Residents: New legislation has been introduced to prevent New Jersey nursing homes, or any entities associated with these homes, from managing residents’ financial affairs without a...
Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation

Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation

Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation: Research reveals that for-profit and private equity ownership of nursing homes is connected with increased nursing home malpractice and wrongful death. According to a USA Today...
Decades of Nursing Home Neglect Incite Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums

Decades of Nursing Home Neglect Incite Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums

Nursing Home Neglect Incites Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums: Decades of evidence shows that insufficient staffing leads to a higher occurrence of nursing home neglect, poor care, and other evidence of nursing home malpractice. The Biden Administration is...