Long-term care providers clamor for innovation to avert closing shop
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Among struggling nursing homes, the share of facilities closing jumped significantly during the main pandemic years, even as the percent selling to for-profit organizations declined.
Impossible expectations are undermining nursing home care
By
Brendan Williams
Feb 05, 2024
Maine has the nation’s oldest population, and yet almost 40% of its nursing homes have closed within the past few decades. As the Bangor Daily News has reported, that’s forced residents of some...
Where will patients go when nursing homes close? Consider this uncomfortable possibility
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2024
Licensed practical nurse Kim Neuhalfen is scared about what the future holds. Mostly for her patients, sure, but also for the setting that she’s come to love in some ways more than all the others.
Report rips massive nursing home for lacking safety procedures during abrupt shutdown
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 26, 2024
A nursing home’s lack of safety protocols led to a dangerous, chaotic evacuation after its abrupt closure, endangering its 174 residents, according to a new report from the Missouri Department of Health...
Nursing home numbers reveal up to half could close in next 10 years without ‘major’ changes, expert...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 08, 2024
The challenges faced by nursing homes came into sharper focus Friday, thanks to a deep dive into skilled nursing since 2015 that attached somber numbers to many industry concerns.
Also in the News for Thursday, Dec. 21
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2023
ProPublica adds new nursing home ownership, quality search tool … Insurers refused to cover business interruptions and added virus exclusions. A government insurance option might not work either …...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Dec. 19
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 19, 2023
Broad guidance kept some nursing homes from using as much Provider Relief funding as intended … Sudden nursing home closure leaves staff without pay, residents hastily relocating … High-dose flu vax...
Also in the News for Monday, Dec. 11
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
Nursing home faces second civil lawsuit in case of Pennsylvania’s ‘killer’ nurse … 155-bed facility down to 11 residents, will be third CT nursing home to close in months … Study highlights importance...
LTCH closures send more patients to nursing homes, but are they ready?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 22, 2023
Shifting payment policies have decreased Medicare spending on patients requiring mechanical ventilation, but they also have led to the closure of many long-term care hospitals and have driven more patients...
New state staffing mandate the last straw for 137-year-old rural nursing home
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 17, 2023
After providing care in three different centuries, Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center is closing its doors due to regulatory and funding pressures.