Lawsuits are also piling up against the Arbors nursing home chain. The facilities are operated by Prestige Healthcare, a Louisville management company. Since 2024, at least 11 plaintiffs have filed lawsuits accusing Arbors facilities of negligence or medical errors that caused patients’ deaths, according to court records analyzed by Signal Statewide. Victims of neglect contend
The Lund Report had an article discussing the negative effect of private equity ownership of nursing homes. It doesn’t take a detective to find a pattern of neglect across several nursing homes. Another common denominator for abuse, though, is facility ownership by private equity firms. To combat this rising concern within the nursing home industry, Connecticut
McKnight’s had an article about “no lift” policies in assisted living facility. A no lift policy requires caregivers to ignore helping vulnerable adults under their care and supervision. This issue arose after a tragic case in Minnesota. After falling from his scooter in an assisted living facility, Larry Thompson was pinned against the wall. No
During the COVID-19 pandemic, with an anticipated rise in suits over negligent care, 86% of US states hurriedly passed legislation to provide nursing homes with immunity from these cases. South Carolina was among these states, and the effects of such misguided legislation have had devastating results for care. A recent UCLA-led study revealed that nursing
A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General exposes a dangerous weakness in nursing home emergency preparedness: most facilities reviewed did not have adequate or reliable emergency power systems. OIG found emergency power deficiencies in 72 of 100 sampled nursing homes and estimated that nearly three-fourths of nursing homes nationwide may have inadequate