The recent $53 million sale of nine Pennsylvania nursing homes previously owned by Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services illustrates a recurring issue in the nursing home industry: financial exploitation. The bankruptcy court approved the sale to Kadima Healthcare Group, under certain stipulations that Lahasky and former owners could not retain any ownership stake. Comprehensive Healthcare, owned
The Florida Record reported that a nursing home in Florida has a new lawsuit against them filed by Linda A. Arrick, who serves as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Louise Giammarino. Arrick filed a lawsuit alleging severe neglect and mistreatment of an elderly resident, resulting in her death. Louise Giammarino was a resident
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently advanced the Protecting Older Americans Act to prevent forced arbitration clauses that stop victims of age discrimination from seeking justice and public accountability in courts. An AARP survey found that 78% of older workers have either seen or experienced age discrimination within the workplace. This bill is built off
Nursing home employee Brian Kenny was arrested at Sunrise Manor nursing home after being caught on security camera smoking a “white substance.” next to a patient. Video footage reveals Kenny lighting up a pipe next to the patient and near oxygen tanks on the floor. The flame was so large that it set off the
A wrongful death settlement compensated a South Carolina family of a woman tragically killed by gross negligence of Dominion Energy, an electric company, and Comprium, a communications company, for failing to maintain the 70-year-old rotten utility pole. The truck had legal height, authorities said. Domain Energy installed the light pole, and Comporim installed the drooping