Kentucky nursing home News

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case

The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justice ruled 7-1 on Monday that the home could enforce contracts signed …

Kentucky Nursing Home Industry Seeks Less Regulation

Kentucky’s nursing home industry is seeking relief from what it calls heavy-handed state oversight even though a recent review found multiple instances where its residents have been mistreated. The review by The Courier-Journal of more than 100 reports of state …

Kentucky Jury Awards $1M in Nursing Home Fall

A court in Lexington, Kentucky, has ruled that a nursing home should pay more than $1 million to a resident who was severely injured in a fall in an equipment storage room. Irene Hendrix was in her late 80s and …