Job offer blows up over medical marijuana, leads to federal discrimination case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
A continuing care retirement community is facing a federal civil rights discrimination lawsuit from a woman who claims the operator withdrew a job offer over her legal use of medical marijuana.
Skilled nursing facility guidance part of Arizona’s revised crisis care plan
By
Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
The revisions include guidance on honoring care and treatment preferences in federal skilled nursing facilities. The changes follow a complaint against the state brought by national and local disability...
DOJ probe on states’ nursing home policies draws criticism
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 04, 2020
The Department of Justice is being accused of deploying a partisan attack in an effort to humiliate Democratic governors after it announced a potential probe into four state’s controversial nursing home...
Implementing Olmstead, one decade at a time
By
John O'Connor
Aug 26, 2013
I first began attending American Health Care Association shows in the 1990s. They tended to be lively events, but not for reasons that had much to do with educational sessions, networking or the goodies...
Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations
Jul 07, 2009
A federal law related to the oversight and inspection of nursing homes creates a legal pathway for private civil rights lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes in cases of alleged wrongful death, a...