As a nursing home attorney for over 25 years, we often see national chains that control operations and siphons funds away from the facility through related entities. National Labor Relations Board established standards for joint employment that defines how nursing homes work with third-party caregivers. Companies would be defined as joint employers if they work together
MACPAC is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis. Their purpose is to make reasonable nonpartisan recommendations to Congress on Medicaid programs. They issued a report finding that without increased transparency in how nursing homes spend Medicaid dollars, it could not determine the actual costs of providing care. MACPAC was not
Major study links nursing home staff vaccinations to lower resident deaths. University of Chicago researchers calculated the data. The evidence proves that a 10-point vaccination increase would have prevented: 102.9 cases per 1,000 residents; 15.6 deaths per 1,000 residents; and 21,000 staff infections nationwide. JAMA Network Open published the landmark study. The first-of-its kind national
Law enforcement in Florida investigate the deaths of residents of Waterman Village, a retirement community that includes independent living homes and nursing facilities.
I’d like to bring to your attention an important project that I hope you will consider supporting. “No Country For Old People” is a critically needed documentary inspired by award-winning filmmaker, Susie Singer Carter’s experience with our broken Long Term Care system for her mother from egregious nursing home neglect and abuse. Susie has partnered
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