Hurricane Irma Deaths at Florida Nursing Home: Accident or Manslaughter? February 8, 2023 A Florida nursing home administrator charged with causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma in 2017 went...
Florida Nursing Home Where 12 Died After Irma Loses License January 10, 2019 Florida has revoked the license of a nursing home where 12 elderly patients died in the heat after it lost...
New Florida Law Requires Backup Power Sources for Nursing Homes March 28, 2018 By Joe Reedy Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Monday requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after...
Report: Florida Nursing Home Temperatures After Irma Reached Sweltering Level January 12, 2018 Florida regulators say temperatures rose to 99 degrees (37 Celsius) in a sweltering nursing home under investigation for the deaths...
Florida Nursing Home to Congress: Patient Deaths After Hurricane Irma Not Staff’s Fault November 22, 2017 By Terry Spencer A Florida nursing home under investigation for the deaths of 13 patients after Hurricane Irma says in a letter to...
Court Sides with Florida Nursing Homes in Emergency Generator Battle With Gov October 30, 2017 By Gary Fineout Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s push to force nursing homes to add generators in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma could be...
Court Sides with Florida Gov in Battle Over Nursing Home Generators October 23, 2017 Florida Gov. Rick Scott has won the first round in a legal tug-of-war over his mandate that nursing homes and...
Florida Irma-Related Nursing Home Deaths Climb to 14 October 11, 2017 By David Fischer Two women who lived at a Florida nursing home that lost air conditioning during Hurricane Irma have died, bringing to...
12th Nursing Home Resident Dies After Hurricane Irma-Related AC Outage October 2, 2017 By Freida Frisaro A 12th patient has died after being taken from an overheated Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning during...
Scott Issues Emergency Order to Florida Nursing Homes After 11 Patient Deaths September 25, 2017 By Gary Fineout After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida’s nursing home industry is now...