Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Families of Victims Sue in North Carolina Nursing Home Shootings
Dec 17 2010 // The families of two of the eight people shot and killed at a North Carolina nursing home last year have sued, saying the home didn’t do enough to protect residents. Seven residents and a nurse were killed and two...
Kentucky Jury Awards $42 Million in Nursing Home Death
Nov 22 2010 // The family of a man who died after nine days in a Madisonville nursing home has won a $42.75 million verdict. Attorney Lisa Circeo argued in court that 92-year-old Joseph Clint Offutt died because Harborside of...
Growth, Stability and Changes in Store for Long Term Care Market
Nov 14 2010 // With the first of 77 million baby boomers nearing retirement age in 2011, assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities will play a more important role than ever before. About three million Americans will require...
It Figures
Oct 4 2010 // 124 Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that investigators have identified 124 people with active arrest warrants who were residents or staff members of nursing homes for elderly residents. Madigan said they...
124 with Arrest Warrants Found in Illinois Nursing Homes
Sep 22 2010 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that investigators have identified 124 people with active arrest warrants who were residents or staff members of nursing homes for elderly residents. Madigan said they were...
MMIC Group Launches Long Term Care Program
Aug 5 2010 // Medical professional liability insurance specialist MMIC Group has expanded its insurance services to the growing population of long term care providers. Eligible facility types include skilled care, assisted living and...
Marshall Joins ASI Healthcare’s Liability Sales Team in Atlanta
Jun 23 2010 // Paul Marshall has joined ASI Healthcare in Atlanta, a division of American Safety Insurance, as vice president of sales in ASI Healthcare Division. Marshall will be responsible for ASI’s liability products for...
ASI Healthcare Offers Pollution Liability for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living
Apr 30 2010 // ASI Healthcare, a division of American Safety Insurance (ASI), now offers an optional Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) coverage form for nursing home, assisted living and elder care facilities. The EIL form covers...
Report: Nurse Assistants Rehired After Misconduct
Mar 23 2010 // A California state Senate report said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer...
Union General Offers California Market for Adult Day Care Centers
Mar 2 2010 // Available to California agents, Union General has an “A+” rated carrier offering coverage for all types of basic daily care facilities for the elderly. The company provides physical/sexual abuse coverage, as...
North Carolina Assisted Living Center Owners Avoid $1.2 Million Liability
Feb 3 2010 // The owners of a North Carolina assisted living home have declared bankruptcy and could escape responsibility for what a judge called a pattern of neglect by under-trained and understaffed employees. Superior Court Judge...
Nurses, Long-Term Care Facility Risk Retention Groups Merge, Expand
Jan 12 2010 // Atlanta-based Lewis & Clark LTC RRG, Inc., a nationwide provider of liability insurance to long-term care facilities, has merged with Sophia Palmer Nurses RRG, Inc. of Florida. Sophia Palmer RRG was established in 2006...
Oregon Woman Killed in Nursing Home Fire
Dec 23 2009 // Authorities say a woman who suffered burns in a fire at an assisted living center in Tigard has died. According to Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, firefighters responded to a blaze at Park Place Assisted Living Center at...
Massachusetts Woman Sues Nursing Home Where She Worked
Dec 23 2009 // A Northampton woman claims in a lawsuit filed against the Holyoke nursing home where she worked for three years that she was fired for complaining about improper treatment of patients. Joan Johnson is seeking $56,000 in...
Illinois AG Calling for Crackdown on Nursing Homes
Oct 9 2009 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is calling for unannounced inspections of nursing homes and revised criminal histories of identified offenders living in the facilities. Madigan’s sent a letter on Oct. 7 to the...
Text: Sen. Baucus Introduces to Senate Financial Committee Health Bill
Sep 16 2009 // The following announcment was released by the office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.). Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.) today introduced the America’s Healthy Future...
Text: Senate Finance Committee’s America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
Sep 16 2009 // Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009 America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE...
Woman Wins Suit Against Virginia Assisted Living Home
Jun 8 2009 // A jury has awarded $750,000 in damages against an assisted living facility in Newport News, Virginia where a former staffer is accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled resident. Last week’s verdict came in...
Missouri Lawmakers Revise Fire Marshal Inspection Rule
May 14 2009 // Legislation easing the burden on the Missouri fire marshal to conduct fire safety inspections at long-term care facilities won final approval. The measure partially revises a law enacted after a November 2006 fire killed...
Union General Insurance Offers Market for California Adult Day Care Centers
Mar 30 2009 // Available to California agents, Union General Insurance Services Inc. of Concord, Calif., has an “A+” rated carrier offering coverage for all types of basic daily care facilities for the elderly. The market...
