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Nursing home loses right to arbitrate employee dispute

The Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, affirmed a trial court ruling on May 14, 2026, finding that King David Post Acute Nursing & Rehabilitation waived its right to push a former employee’s discrimination case into arbitration. The reasoning was simple—the nursing home waited too long. The case arose from employee Ilona Yormick’s termination

Growth of ALFs

Assisted living facilities are quickly becoming a more common option for long-term care. “The growth [in assisted living] reflects both the expansion of assisted living communities nationwide and a known preference for more community-based services,” said Paul Lingamfelter, an AARP Public Policy Institute policy adviser for long-term care, said in a statement. As the number of

Choking Death

The Iowa Board of Nursing recently charged licensed practical nurse Samantha Smith of Burlington with failing to assess or evaluate a patient and committing an act that might adversely affect a patient’s welfare. The board alleges that on Dec. 5, 2025, Smith responded to an incident at the Klein Center, which is a nursing home

Transparency

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is urging Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to immediately reinstate a key transparency deadline requiring Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to report detailed information about their ownership, management, and related-party financial arrangements. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) also signed the letter. “Billions

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