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#1 Neglect, Abuse Common at Michigan Nursing Homes, Report Finds
Jan 7 2026 // The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. Her roommate called for help from a nurse. The response: “Mind your own...
#2 Advocates Want Public Involvement When Nursing Homes Change Ownership
Nov 4 2025 // Some of the most sizable and troubled nursing homes in the state of Vermont have struggled for much of this year to provide sufficient care under new ownership, logging violations that included a death, injuries and...
#3 West Virginia Residents Wary After State Nursing Homes Sold to Private Company
Sep 24 2025 // Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.” “My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make...
#4 Assisted Living Facility Where 10 Died in Fire Was Cited for Mistreatment
Aug 4 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state regulators. The documents...
#5 Nursing Home Bailouts. Why Vermont Has Given Millions to Keep Them Afloat
Jan 2 2026 // With the second-oldest population in the country, Vermont needs its nursing homes. Yet, while Vermonters rapidly age, the state’s long-term care capacity has dwindled, losing 900 beds in the last two decades. To keep...
#6 Lawsuits Pile Up for a Nursing Home Empire Built Despite State Investigations
Nov 26 2025 // In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the facility had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious...
#7 Immunity Upheld for State Officials Over COVID-Related Nursing Home Deaths
Feb 5 2026 // The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a proposed class action against New Jersey government officials on behalf of families of nursing home residents who died early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 10,000...
#8 Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts
Jul 15 2025 // Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30...
#9 Four Gabriel House Residents Sue Over Assisted Living Facility’s Deadly Fire
Aug 5 2025 // Two lawsuits have been filed over the tragic fire at a Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living facility that took the lives of 10 residents and injured 30 others on July 13, making it the state’s deadliest...
#10 Deadly Massachusetts Fire Highlights Assisted Living Regulation, Staffing
Jul 17 2025 // The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing...
#11 Nursing Homes Struggle With Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Jul 14 2025 // Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. Facilities for older adults and disabled people...
#12 Explosion at Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Kills Two, Injures Others
Dec 24 2025 // An explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home that caused the building to collapse and took the lives of two people and injured about 20 others is under investigation. The explosion occurred at Bristol Health & Rehab...
#13 Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports
Jul 16 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most recent review of...
#14 Owner of Assisted Living Home Where 10 Died in Fire Denied Access to Insurance Funds
Jan 29 2026 // The owner of the Massachusetts assisted living facility Gabriel House where 10 people were killed and 30 injured in a fire last July has been denied access to insurance proceeds he told a court are needed to repair the...
#15 Massachusetts Survey Identifies Safety Issues for Assisted Living Residences
Oct 29 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey cited the results of a survey on safety of all 272 assisted living residences (ALRs) in the state in announcing actions to enhance the safety of ALR residents. In July, following the...
#16 Senior Facility Owner and Inspector Sue Each Other Over Faulty Sprinklers in Deadly Fire
Dec 11 2025 // A safety inspection company and the owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fire in July that killed 10 people are blaming each other for failing to address a faulty sprinkler...
#17 Federal Jury Awards $405K Verdict Against Florida Senior Living Facility
May 20 2025 // A federal jury awarded $405,083 to a veteran in a disability discrimination case against a St. Petersburg, Florida, senior living facility and its operating companies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
#18 Michigan Nursing Homes to Pay $4.5M Settlement Over Substandard Care Allegations
Jul 10 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a $4.5 million settlement with six Detroit-area nursing homes and their ownership companies, Villa Financial Services LLC and Villa Olympia Investment LLC, over allegations...
#19 Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Takes 9 Lives, Injures 30
Jul 14 2025 // Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30 people were injured. Firefighters responded...
#20 Gas Smell at Nursing Home Reported Hours Before Deadly Explosion: NTSB
Jan 30 2026 // Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors and brought in workers from the local utility company to check it...
