Families in the Chicago area are learning a brutal truth about nursing home accountability: proving neglect in court does not guarantee justice if corporate owners can simply refuse to pay for the harm they caused. According to CBS Chicago, families who won verdicts and settlements over serious injuries and deaths at local nursing homes are
A recent announcement from CMS raises serious concerns about transparency in nursing home oversight. Beginning in February 2026, CMS plans to remove complaint allegations and facility-reported incidents from its public Nursing Home Care Compare website, citing data issues following its transition to a new reporting system. On its face, CMS frames this as a technical
A recent investigation documenting hundreds of resident on resident assaults in nursing homes across the country exposes a form of harm that is far more common than most families realize and far more preventable than the industry admits. These cases include broken bones, sexual assaults, and deaths. They are not freak incidents. They follow recognizable
A criminal case out of Florida exposes a form of elder abuse in assisted living facilities that often receives less attention but is just as serious: financial exploitation from inside the facility itself. Authorities allege that the executive director of an assisted living facility stole jewelry from residents’ rooms and pawned the items for personal
Vermont has quietly spent tens of millions of public dollars bailing out nursing homes that cannot keep their doors open without emergency relief. According to recent reporting, the state has issued roughly $38 million in extraordinary financial assistance over the past several years, much of it tied to staffing costs. What was once meant to