U.S. Issues First Coronavirus Workplace Guidance to Nursing Homes May 15, 2020 By Tom Hals The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID-19 pandemic swept...
Focus on Nursing Home Workers Amid Continued Virus Outbreaks May 11, 2020 By Amy Taxin For nearly two months, many nursing homes nationwide have been on virtual lockdown. Families of residents are not allowed inside,...
Three Charged in Florida Nursing Home Deaths Surrender August 28, 2019 By Kelli Kennedy and Terry Spencer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three people, including two nurses, of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering...
Nursing Home Risks Heightened by Staffing Fluctuations July 18, 2019 Researchers who discovered large daily staffing fluctuations, low weekend staffing and daily staffing levels that often fall well below the...
Registered Nurses More Likely to Identify High-Risk Medication Discrepancies in Elderly Patients December 16, 2015 Nearly 66 percent of all adverse events experienced by nursing home residents, such as falls, delirium and hallucinations, could be...
North Dakota Nursing Home at Fault for Hepatitis Outbreak July 2, 2014 The Minot, N.D., nursing home where dozens of residents contracted hepatitis C last year has filed a lawsuit against Trinity...
West Virginia Nursing Home Challenges $91M Jury Award November 8, 2011 A Charleston nursing home is challenging a $91 million damage award in a lawsuit stemming from the death of an...
Nursing Home Case Spotlights West Virginia’s Malpractice Damages Cap October 3, 2011 By Michael Adams Lawyers for a West Virginia nursing home are preparing to take a case to the state’s Supreme Court on the...