Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Study: Boomers to Affect Workers’ Comp in Long Term Care Industry
Nov 2 2007 // The long-term care industry will be impacted substantially by the aging of the population and employment in certain sectors of the long-term care industry is forecast to grow significantly faster than average over the next...
Fireman’s Fund Adds Liability Cover for Senior Facilities in Texas, Fla.
Sep 27 2007 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced it has added general and professional liability coverages in Texas and Florida for assisted and independent living facilities. The company said the addition completes its...
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Sends 27 Recommendations to Governor
Sep 19 2007 // The Iowa Insurance Division wants to address complaints from consumers and have more control over long-term care insurance. State Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss has made 27 recommendations in a report sent to Gov. Chet...
Owners of La. Nursing Home Acquitted in Katrina Deaths Case
Sep 10 2007 // The owners of a nursing home in St. Francisville, La., where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Sept. 7 of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm...
Jury Selection Begins in La. in Katrina Nursing Home Trial
Aug 16 2007 // Attorneys in St. Francisville, La., prepared Aug. 15 to try to select the final jurors to hear the case of a couple charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients at their nursing home following Hurricane...
Fireman’s Fund Targets Senior Living Facilities with Property-Gard
Jul 31 2007 // To meet the needs of small, large or multi-unit senior living facilities, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is now offering Property-Gard, a coverage specifically created to protect residents, guests, property and income...
Johnsen Joins Heffernan Insurance Brokers in San Francisco
Jul 25 2007 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers, a full-service insurance brokerage firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, has hired Jay Johnsen as assistant vice president in the San Francisco office. Johnsen specializes in marketing assisted...
Hurricane Exit Plans for Alabama’s Elderly, Sick Upgraded
Jun 21 2007 // Some of the people whose lives are at stake during a hurricane are lying helpless in nursing homes and hospitals on the Alabama coast, where emergency computer and phone networks have been enhanced to help them when a...
Ind. Conseco Complying with Congressional Request for Records
Jun 1 2007 // Ind.-based Conseco Inc. said this week that it is complying with a congressional request for records related to its long-term care health insurance business amid an investigation into the possibility that policyholders...
