September 17, 2019
Stories Like These of Nursing Home Abuse Are Heartbreaking Because They’re Preventable A few days ago we read the story of a Vietnam Veteran who died […]
June 10, 2019
Recently The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees a Special Focus Facility (SSF) program, released a list of almost 400 nursing homes in […]
April 4, 2019
A recent article in Kaiser Health News described an ongoing study being conducted in hospitals and nursing homes in Illinois and California exploring a different and […]
July 20, 2018
A new study by Kaiser Health News analyzing daily Medicare payroll records has revealed numerous and significant variations in day-to-day nursing and other caregiver staffing at […]
February 7, 2018
Despite a reduction in the use of anti-psychotic medications in the last five years for treatment of nursing home residents in the United States, a recent […]
July 21, 2017
On June 28, 2017 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protecting Access to Care Act.” This is a horrible piece of legislation that places a […]
May 1, 2017
In a recent article appearing in the May issue of the “American Journal of Infection Control,” the study’s author, Sainfer Aliyu of the Columbia University School […]
April 3, 2017
Recently, Illinois State Senator Daniel Bliss and Representative Chris Welch introduced new legislation to address inadequate nursing home staffing that often leads to improper discharges of […]
October 17, 2016
Beginning November 28, 2016, nursing homes can no longer require residents or their families to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement as part of the admission contract. […]
September 16, 2016
Effective August 6, 2016, a new federal act called the “Notice Act” requires hospitals to provide both written and oral notice, within 36 hours, to any […]