On November 27, 2016, NPR Weekend Edition Sunday reported that hospitalized patients unknowingly end up in substandard nursing homes where they suffer bed sores, infections and other types of neglect because hospitals usually fail to warn them about dangerous nursing homes or guide them to better ones.
The nursing home crisis in Humboldt County triggered by Shlomo Rechnitz’s decision to close three of the five freestanding skilled nursing facilities in the County took a dramatic turn for the better with his November 7th announcement that he had rescinded plans to close two of the three nursing homes.
The nursing home crisis in Humboldt County triggered by Shlomo Rechnitz’s decision to close three of the five freestanding skilled nursing facilities in the County took a dramatic turn for the better with his November 7th announcement that he had rescinded plans to close two of the three nursing homes.Read More…
The first phase of revised federal nursing home regulations took effect on November 28, 2016, implementing numerous changes to the federal standards that have been in place since 1991.Read More…
A federal court in Mississippi has granted a request from the American Health Care Association to temporarily stop the federal government from implementing its ban on nursing home pre-dispute arbitration agreements that was set to go into effect on November 28.Read More…
A federal court in Mississippi has granted a request from the American Health Care Association to temporarily stop the federal government from implementing its ban on nursing home pre-dispute arbitration agreements that was set to go into effect on November 28.
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