Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Union General Offers Adult Day Care Center Coverage
May 19 2008 // Union General has an “A+” rated carrier offering coverage for all types of basic daily care facilities for the elderly. The market also includes physical/sexual abuse coverage. Professional liability and...
Liability Costs for Long Term Care Industry Stabilize, Aon Reports
May 13 2008 // An Aon Corp. analysis of liability in the long term care industry found for the first time in nine years of reporting that liability costs are stable on a national average basis. The study found that average general...
Nursing Homes Part-owned by Oklahoma Legislator Cited for Violations
May 8 2008 // An Oklahoma state legislator who partially owns two nursing homes that have been cited for health and safety violations said his facilities struggle with the same issues faced by every nursing home. Hugh Robert, executive...
Lighthouse Underwriters Introduces ElderCare Plus Program
Apr 16 2008 // Lighhouse Underwriters, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. announced it has enhanced its ElderCare coverage with a new ElderCare Plus program. The ElderCare Plus program provides underwriting for assisted...
Nursing Home Malpractice Insurance Void Reported in Oklahoma
Mar 21 2008 // A Tulsa-based consumer group says many Oklahoma nursing homes appear to be operating without malpractice insurance. Hugh M. Robert, executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Consumer & Patient Safety, says the...
Boomers to Affect Workers’ Comp in Long-Term Care Industry
Nov 18 2007 // The long-term care industry will be impacted substantially by the aging of the population and employment and certain sectors of the long-term care industry are forecast to grow significantly faster than average over the...
