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Hundreds of Florida nursing homes close due to insurance rates

Rising Florida commercial property insurance premiums have forced hundreds of Florida nursing homes to close over the past five years. Over the five-year period ending in 2023, an average of 146 nursing homes or assisted living facilities closed each year in Florida, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Over the same five-year […]

House Republicans introduce measure to overturn nursing home staffing rule

House Republicans have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. Under requirements announced last month, all nursing homes receiving federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid must have a registered nurse on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week, per resident per day. Must provide […]

Andrew Cuomo To Testify Before Congress On COVID Nursing Home Scandal

Former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to testify before Congress about his 2020 decision to allow nursing homes and adult care facilities to accept patients from hospitals who have tested positive for COVID-19. Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal, issued an order in March 2020 prohibiting nursing homes […]

Caregiver caught abusing 93-year-old patient at nursing home

A caregiver at a Michigan nursing home has been charged with assault and torture after allegedly punching a 93-year-old woman. The abuse was captured on surveillance video. Dontia Shaunla Arrington, 26, was charged with molestation, cruelty or intent to inflict extreme physical or emotional suffering on a vulnerable person in a stomach-turning incident at Landings […]