Florida

State audit faults health agency over grants, ventilators given to long-term care during COVID-19 emergency … Federal judge presses Florida to change policy forcing children to stay in nursing homes...

North Carolina group asks state to allow cameras in nursing homes … Pennsylvania ruling allowing venue-seeking in civil suits leads to medical malpractice increases in friendly courts … Texas nursing...

Nursing home operators in Florida could see the prospects of wrongful death lawsuits slashed under legislation making its way through the House and Senate.

Nursing home workers picket over pay, bed bugs, alleged labor-busting tactics … Florida grapples with increases in senior veterans, need for additional services … US flu activity continues to decline...

In the wake of Hurricane Ian’s devastation and the safe evacuations of thousands of long-term care residents, the Orlando Sentinel this week reported anonymous complaints about post-storm’ conditions...

NIC names new CEO … Stressed Oklahoma nursing homes closing doors … Arkansas business sends supplies to storm-stricken Florida nursing homes

Evacuations begin in Tampa area, HHS declares PHE … CCRC CFOs pledge to expand through capital projects … Despite prohibition on mandatory arbitration, nursing homes still routinely include it in paperwork

A Florida nursing home can remain open and won’t be forced to transfer its residents after an appeals court denied a push by the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration to revoke its license. 

Florida nursing homes now have more staffing flexibility after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a measure Wednesday that “modernizes [the state’s] outdated staffing requirements.” 

Several states have implemented laws limiting or prohibiting visitation restrictions at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19 lockdowns that were put in place to protect...