Victory in assisted living case does not mean facilities can turn a blind eye to resident harassment
By
Jennifer Long
Neville M. Bilimoria
May 20, 2024
By now, if you’ve worked in a skilled nursing or assisted living facility for any substantial period of time, you are bound to have endured, at some point, offensive verbal epithets and slurs spewed...
Feds try again to hold LTC management firm liable for residents’ racist treatment of employees
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 18, 2023
A federal agency is appealing a court ruling that removed some workers and released a retirement community’s management company from responsibility in a case alleging racist treatment by residents against...
Nursing discrimination rampant in residential care facilities: study
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2023
Nurses working in nursing homes are among the most likely to face discrimination on the job, with 88% saying in a new survey that they had seen or experienced workplace racism by patients.
Industry urged to address structural racism after study links race, likelihood of COVID-19 in nursing...
By
Danielle Brown
May 11, 2021
Following a study that linked the likelihood of COVID-19 cases and deaths in a nursing home to the racial makeup of its surrounding community, a New York-based research team is calling on the federal government...
Medicaid just might sink Trumpcare
By
John O'Connor
May 29, 2017
With recent major funding proposals about Medicaid causing such a tizzy, it’s fair to ask why the powers-that-be find Medicaid such a tempting piñata. There are two main drivers. But only one is...