Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Nursing Home Reports Virus Outbreak
Apr 6 2020 // Three residents of a central North Carolina nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, public health officials announced on Saturday as overall cases statewide exceeded 2,400. The three cases occurred within the...
There’s No Place Like Home … For a Catastrophic Claim Denial
Apr 6 2020 // An elderly widow in Kentucky was admitted to a nursing home to recuperate from surgery. During her convalescence, her nonresident children visited the home frequently, though no one spent the night there, prepared meals,...
47 Long-Term Care Sites in Louisiana Seen as Coronavirus ‘Clusters’
Apr 3 2020 // As coronavirus cases spike ever higher in Louisiana, the state’s nursing homes, assisted living sites and adult residential care facilities are showing more and more “clusters” of the virus, but the full...
Indiana Nursing Home Operator Sued for Disability Discrimination
Apr 3 2020 // Bloomington, Ind.-based senior living community operator Heart of CarDon LLC has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by refusing to accommodate a qualified employee with a disability, which...
10 Nursing Homes in Colorado Have COVID-19 Outbreaks
Mar 31 2020 // The Colorado Department of Health has released the names and locations of nine of the 10 nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are facing outbreaks of COVID-19 in response to a public records request filed by...
West Virginia Nursing Home Now ‘Ground Zero’ for Virus
Mar 27 2020 // A West Virginia nursing home with at least 20 coronavirus cases has become “ground zero” for the state’s growing virus caseload, officials said Wednesday. Carl Shrader, medical director for the Sundale...
Update: Florida Bans Nursing Home Visits as Coronavirus Spreads
Mar 16 2020 // Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday banned most visits to nursing homes statewide as he acknowledged the coronavirus has likely spread into the general population. Meanwhile, officials closed world-famous South Beach to prevent...
Visits to Florida Nursing Homes Restricted Amidst Coronavirus Spread
Mar 13 2020 // Gov. Ron DeSantis placed limits Wednesday on who can can visit Florida’s nursing homes and other assisted living facilities, bidding to protect the state’s sizeable and vulnerable elderly population from the...
Coronavirus Cases in at Least 10 Washington Nursing Homes
Mar 12 2020 // At least 10 long-term care facilities in the Seattle area have reported COVID-19 cases, with deaths at three of them _ a worrying development as health officials have cautioned that the elderly and those with underlying...
Vermont Reaches Settlement with Nursing Homes After Fatality
Feb 24 2020 // Vermont’s attorney general announced a settlement with three of the state’s nursing homes over allegations of neglect that resulted in serious injuries to three residents and the death of a fourth. The...
Insurance Market Shrinking as Senior Living Industry Grows
Jan 6 2020 // The senior population continues growing at a time when the insurance market for senior living operations is under strain and both trends are expected to continue. The population of Americans over age 80 will double, from 6...
Senior Living Market Explodes During Challenging Times
Nov 18 2019 // The senior population continues growing at a time when the insurance market for senior living operations is under strain and both trends are expected to continue. The population of Americans over age 80 will double, from 6...
Georgia Elder Facilities Face Allegations of Neglect, Abuse
Sep 30 2019 // An investigation into hundreds of senior assisted living and large personal care homes in Georgia turned up more than 600 allegations involving neglect and 90 of abuse by caregivers over the past four years. In that time,...
GE Investors Handed Setback in Investor Lawsuit Over Insurance Liabilities
Aug 30 2019 // A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday partially dismissed a lawsuit by investors in General Electric Co. that accused the company of concealing $24 billion in insurance liabilities and using fraudulent accounting to...
Nursing Home in Connecticut Sued Over Strangling of 76-Year-Old Patient
May 1 2019 // A Connecticut nursing home is being sued over the strangling death of a 76-year-old patient who police say was killed by her 81-year-old boyfriend in November. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports the lawsuit filed Monday...
Kansas Took Control of 22 Struggling Nursing Homes Last Year
Apr 30 2019 // Kansas lawmakers have tightened the financial requirements for a license to operate nursing homes after state regulators were forced to take over 22 struggling facilities last year. Officials with the Kansas Department for...
Florida Nursing Home Where 12 Died After Irma Loses License
Jan 10 2019 // Florida has revoked the license of a nursing home where 12 elderly patients died in the heat after it lost power during a 2017 hurricane. The Agency for Health Care Administration issued its order Friday, saying an...
Senior Care Facilities and Their Insurers Try to Keep Up with Aging America’s Falls
Jan 2 2019 // Last March, a 103-year-old resident of a Sunrise Senior Living facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, went on a field trip to the movies. Ruth Smith, who used a walker, fell down two concrete steps in the theater and died...
2 Residents, Staff Member Hurt in Florida Nursing Home Fire
Nov 5 2018 // Authorities say a fire broke out in a South Florida nursing home, injuring two residents and a staff member. The SunSentinel reports more than 100 people were evacuated when the fire started in a resident’s room...
The Lowdown: Top 10 Senior Housing Markets, Risks for Operators and More…
Oct 25 2018 // As we continue to explore niche opportunities in your market, this Lowdown is dedicated to the senior housing arena. I’ve added two reports to Research & Trends to prepare you for your next conversation with...
