Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Family Files $1.27M Wrongful Death Suit Against Oregon Nursing Home
Sep 28 2018 // The family of an 86-year-old woman who died following a fall is suing a nursing home for $1.27 million. The Statesman-Journal reported the wrongful death lawsuit, filed this week in Marion County Circuit Court, accuses the...
Arkansas Nursing Care Facility Sued for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Sep 18 2018 // Federal officials allege in a lawsuit that Happy Valley LLC d/b/a Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation in Malvern, Ark., failed to address sexual harassment complaints made by female employees and terminated those...
Judge Allows Suit Against Crow Nursing Home in Montana to Proceed
Jul 31 2018 // A federal judge is allowing a woman to proceed with a lawsuit that claims the Crow tribe’s nursing home leaders in Montana conspired to fire her for reporting that a patient had been molested. Tammy Wilhite is a...
Fire Sparked by Air Conditioning Unit at Tennessee Assisted Living Facility Injures 1
Jul 18 2018 // A fire official says a blaze at a Tennessee assisted living facility injured one person and led to dozens of others being evacuated from the building. Officials told news outlets that an air conditioning unit caught fire...
New Florida Law Requires Backup Power Sources for Nursing Homes
Mar 28 2018 // Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Monday requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after the deaths of several residents from a sweltering nursing home that lost power...
Assisted Living Facility Staffer Accused of Stealing Funds in New Jersey
Mar 26 2018 // Federal prosecutors say the business manager of an assisted living facility stole about $237,000 from an elderly victim under her care. Marcella Drakeford faces six counts of mail fraud. Prosecutors say that beginning in...
GE Still Grappling with Legacy Insurance Business
Jan 16 2018 // General Electric Co. will take a $6.2 billion charge for the fourth quarter as the manufacturing behemoth grapples with lingering problems in a legacy insurance business. The after-tax charge will be $7.5 billion when...
Report: Florida Nursing Home Temperatures After Irma Reached Sweltering Level
Jan 12 2018 // Florida regulators say temperatures rose to 99 degrees (37 Celsius) in a sweltering nursing home under investigation for the deaths of 12 residents after Hurricane Irma. A Sun Sentinel report says a document filed by the...
West Virginia Nursing Home Owes $124K in Back Pay to 500 Workers
Dec 27 2017 // A West Virginia nursing home and rehabilitation company has agreed to pay nearly $124,000 in back wages and damages to about 500 workers to resolve allegations that it violated overtime rules. The U.S. Department of Labor...
What to Know About the Senior Care Market
Dec 13 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Tennessee Fines Nursing Home $50K For Patient Deaths
Dec 4 2017 // Tennessee state inspectors found widespread neglect resulting in patients’ deaths at a nursing home that has been fined $50,000, the most of any such penalty ever imposed. The Commercial Appeal cites the inspection...
The Lowdown on Senior Living
Nov 29 2017 // The latest issue of Insurance Journal is dedicated to the senior living market and includes references to an in depth report on the industry by Argentum, the largest national association exclusively dedicated to the senior...
Four Missing in Pennsylvania Senior Home Inferno
Nov 22 2017 // Four people are missing and presumed dead following last week’s fire at a Pennsylvania senior living community. The massive blaze tore through Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester late Thursday,...
Florida Nursing Home to Congress: Patient Deaths After Hurricane Irma Not Staff’s Fault
Nov 22 2017 // A Florida nursing home under investigation for the deaths of 13 patients after Hurricane Irma says in a letter to Congress that staff members did everything possible but couldn’t overcome a lack of power to the...
The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong
Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
