Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Missouri Senate Repeals Fire Marshal Inspection Rule
Mar 27 2009 // On March 25, Missouri Senators endorsed legislation that would repeal a requirement that fire safety inspections in Missouri long-term care facilities be performed by local fire departments or the state fire...
Texas Legislators Want to Modify Catastrophe Response After Ike
Mar 10 2009 // Nursing homes were left without electricity and medical evacuees flooded hospitals during Hurricane Ike, but more than a dozen bills pending in the Texas Legislature could help change the way state agencies and facilities...
How Food Safety Officials Cracked the Peanut Poison Case
Feb 11 2009 // A century ago, at the dawn of food safety laws, inspection amounted to little more than opening a bin of flour and looking for something wiggly. It’s a different story now. Solving the case of the poison processed...
Study Shows Need for Standardizing Nursing Home Social Workers’ Credentials
Feb 8 2009 // Only Half of Nursing Homes Surveyed Employ Social Workers with Degrees in Social Work Social workers play a vital role in improving the quality of nursing home residents’ lives. But qualifications of nursing home...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Selling Interest in Nursing Homes
Dec 15 2008 // State Rep. Doug Cox of Grove, Okla., who in the last legislative session blocked passage of measure that would have required nursing homes to carry a minimum of $250,000 in liability insurance, says he’s selling his...
It Figures
Oct 20 2008 // 90 The percentage of Georgia nursing homes that violated federal standards for health and safety last year. The state was on par with the national average of 92 percent of nursing homes that had violations, according to...
Federal Report Finds Violations at Most Georgia Nursing Homes
Oct 3 2008 // The Department of Health and Human Services found that nearly 90 percent of Georgia nursing homes violated federal standards for health and safety last year. The state was on par with the national average of 92 percent of...
Congress Shelves 9/11 Workers’ Long-Term Care Bill
Sep 30 2008 // Congress has shelved a $10.9 billion bill to provide health care for ground zero workers, partly due to opposition from New York City officials. Mayor Michael Bloomberg objected to a provision in the bill that would have...
Liability Coverage Demand Seen Rising with Florida Elderly Services Crunch
Aug 21 2008 // Dramatic growth in assisted living and home care may increase professional and general liability risks.. Florida faces a crisis in meeting the demand for aging services over the next 22 years as the population aged 85 and...
Florida Elderly Services Crunch Could Spur Demand for Liability Insurance
Jul 1 2008 // Florida faces a crisis in meeting the demand for aging services over the next 22 years as the population aged 85 and older is forecast to grow by 126 percent. This will require 15,000 more skilled nursing beds at a time...
Typical Couple Needs $85K to Pay for Long Term Care Insurance
Jun 27 2008 // A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover insurance costs for long-term care such as nursing home stays in retirement, according to a study by Fidelity Investments. The finding underscores the need to...
Nursing Homes Battle to Retain Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Jun 23 2008 // U.S. nursing homes are pushing against an effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses in admissions contracts, a change that would make it easier for residents to sue for shoddy care or wrongdoing. A spokeswoman...
Inspectors Find Problems at Tennessee Nursing Homes
Jun 8 2008 // State inspections uncovered an unprecedented number of dangerous living conditions at Tennessee nursing homes during the past year. The crackdown comes after a May report from the Government Accountability Office found...
Appeals Court to Hear Mississippi Nursing Home Case
Jun 3 2008 // A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by a Brandon, Mississippi nursing home that contends its insurer has no legal grounds to back out of defending it in a wrongful death case. The...
