Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use

Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use

Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use: CMS has announced it will conduct investigations into certain nursing homes in an effort to uncover illegitimate schizophrenia diagnoses and any accompanying inappropriate...
Head of troubled N.J. Veterans Home Dismissed in Wake of Severe Violations

Head of troubled N.J. Veterans Home Dismissed in Wake of Severe Violations

Head of Troubled N.J. Veterans Home Dismissed: The CEO of a New Jersey veterans home that has had persistent troubles since the onslaught of the pandemic has been dismissed, says an article on northjersey.com. CEO Jennifer Causer is out of her job at Memorial Home at...
New York Attorney General Sues Nursing Home for Years of Fraud and Resident Neglect

New York Attorney General Sues Nursing Home for Years of Fraud and Resident Neglect

Nursing Home Sued for Years of Fraud and Resident Neglect: The lawsuit alleges that the owners of Cold Spring Hills diverted of tens of millions of dollars of government funding while engaging in repeated incidents of nursing home malpractice and slashing staffing to...
Facing Impending Winter COVID Wave, Thousands of Pennsylvania Nursing Home Residents Have Not Received Their Vaccine Boosters

Facing Impending Winter COVID Wave, Thousands of Pennsylvania Nursing Home Residents Have Not Received Their Vaccine Boosters

Nursing Home Residents Yet to Receive Vaccine Boosters According to a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article, tens of thousands of Pennsylvania nursing home residents are behind on their COVID-19 booster shots. While the latest bivalent booster shot was developed to...
Decades of Nursing Home Neglect Incite Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums

Decades of Nursing Home Neglect Incite Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums

Nursing Home Neglect Incites Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums: Decades of evidence shows that insufficient staffing leads to a higher occurrence of nursing home neglect, poor care, and other evidence of nursing home malpractice. The Biden Administration is...
Nursing Home SWAT Team Descends on Deficient New Jersey Veterans Home

Nursing Home SWAT Team Descends on Deficient New Jersey Veterans Home

Nursing Home SWAT Team Descends on Veterans Home: Following an inspection that revealed residents of a New Jersey veterans home were in “immediate jeopardy,” a team of “mission-critical” long-term care professionals was sent by the Gov. Phil Murphy administration to...