Skilled Nursing News had an article on updated long-term care facility standards to prevent future cases of neglect that are far too common. These new regulations apply when facility inspections or “surveys” take place. Such surveys may be difficult for facilities to prepare for, as the standards are quite detailed with over 900 pages long.
“We can’t take care of you any longer,” is a message countless long-term care residents have heard from facilities soon before they are evicted from the facility and left with no place to go. Dana White and Chris Knoblock worked to capture this heartbreaking situation that too often takes place in their 12-minute short film,
A recent NPR report highlights a growing crisis in nursing home oversight across many states. In Kansas, for example, more than half of the positions for nursing home inspectors remain unfilled, leaving serious complaints to languish for months without investigation. One tragic case involved a 94-year-old resident who was left on the floor for 90
WLTX reported the closure of Southwinds Assisted Living facility located in Kerman, South Carolina. The facility has been permanently shut down by the SC Department of Public Health after multiple inspections found violations. Between February 2024 and July 2025, Southwinds failed three separate inspections. A fourth inspection was the only inspection that the facility was able
The Office of State Comptroller Medicaid Fraud division settled with three New Jersey nursing homes to pay Medicaid $2.1 million after reviews revealed serious understaffing in violation of legal requirements. The OSC’s Medicaid Fraud Division found that all three New Jersey nursing homes, Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Belle Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and
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