Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
8 Patients Killed in Florida Nursing Home After Irma-Related Power Outages
Sep 15 2017 // Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, raising fears about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior citizens amid power outages that could last for...
Abuse of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unreported
Aug 29 2017 // More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law requiring...
Miami Insurance Agent Arrested Over Assisted Living Facility Fraud Scheme
Aug 22 2017 // An investigation led by the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) Bureau of Insurance Fraud has led to the arrest of a Miami insurance agent for attempting to evade a higher insurance premium for his assisted...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case
Jun 5 2017 // The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justices ruled 7-1 last month that the home could...
14 Arrested in Miami Assisted Living Facility Insurance Fraud Scheme
May 19 2017 // A year-long investigation led by insurance fraud investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services has ended with 14 arrests of assisted living facility owners in the Miami area, according to a statement by...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case
May 17 2017 // The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justice ruled 7-1 on Monday that the home could enforce...
Pennsylvania Court Approves Liquidation of Two Insurance Companies
Mar 2 2017 // The Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania has approved petitions to liquidate Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and American Network Insurance Company, with policyholder claims set to be paid through the state...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner to Chair National Task Force on Senior Issues
Jan 26 2017 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller will chair a task force as part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) that will examine issues that impact senior insurance consumers. Commissioner...
10 Hospitalized After Gas Leak at Ohio Nursing Home
Dec 15 2016 // Ten people were hospitalized for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning after a gas leak occurred at a nursing home on Columbus, Ohio’s Near East Side. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin says firefighters were...
Hepatitis C Victims Reach Settlement with North Dakota Hospital
Dec 13 2016 // Nearly two dozen victims of one of the largest hepatitis C outbreaks in recent U.S. history have settled their claims against a Minot, N.D., hospital out of court. Neither plaintiffs’ attorney Behdad Sadeghi nor...
Iowa Nursing Home Fined $11.5K Following Death Investigation
Dec 6 2016 // An Iowa nursing home has been fined $11,513 after an investigation into the death of a resident in August. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports federal regulators imposed the fine after a state investigation determined...
Woman Convicted in $7M Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Scheme Charged Anew
Nov 21 2016 // A woman who spent more than seven years in prison for a $7 million insurance fraud and the unrelated death of a patient at her now-defunct Pennsylvania nursing home is in trouble with the law again. This time, the...
Advising Senior Living Residential Clients on Sexual Expression Policies
Nov 21 2016 // Samantha Jones of “Sex and the City” is probably a few decades away from moving into a senior living community. Nevertheless, the topic of sexual expression in senior living communities is a resident matter...
Tennessee Nursing Home Ordered by Health Officials to Stop Taking Residents
Nov 17 2016 // Tennessee health officials have ordered a nursing home to stop taking new residents and pay a $6,100 fine for violations. A Tennessee Department of Health news release Monday says Creekside Health and Rehabilitation in...
Pennsylvania Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Company
Nov 9 2016 // A company with 11 skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania doesn’t have enough staff to provide basic patient care – and faked it when state Department of Health inspectors were around, the state attorney general...
Tennessee-Based Nursing Home Chain Settles Medicare Overbilling Case for $145M
Oct 28 2016 // An eastern Tennessee-based skilled nursing home chain has reached a $145 million settlement that federal officials called the largest ever of its kind. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Monday that Life...
Chinese Insurance Spree Continues as China Oceanwide Bids $2.7 Billion for Genworth
Oct 24 2016 // China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. has agreed to purchase Genworth Financial Inc. in a $2.7 billion cash deal, joining a record buying spree by Chinese companies as they seek to boost growth overseas. Monday’s deal...
South Carolina Nursing Home Accused of Negligence After Resident Drowns in Puddle
Oct 19 2016 // David Outlaw was a survivor, so much so that his brother can’t believe how he died, drowning in a puddle, pinned underneath his wheelchair after being left alone at the height of Hurricane Matthew to smoke outside...
Ex-CEO of Indiana Nursing Home Company Indicted for Fraud, Kickback Scheme
Oct 14 2016 // The former CEO of a company that operates dozens of Indiana nursing homes and three others face federal charges in a kickback scheme worth millions of dollars, according to an indictment released on Oct. 12. Grand jurors...
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Chain to Pay $2M Settlement
Oct 6 2016 // A Pennsylvania chain of nursing homes has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims of failing to provide basic services to their customers. Attorney General Bruce Beemer announced the settlement with Reliant Senior Care...
