Providence Operations, a company that oversees long-term care facilities, must pay $5.5 million to victims in a nursing home lawsuit, according to a Sept. 22 press release from the family's attorney.  

Despite health officials urging Americans to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, distribution issues have affected the rollout process for many, including vulnerable residents at nursing homes. 

Minnesota and Washington were ranked top in the country for long-term care, thanks to strong support for family caregivers and access to many healthcare providers and long-term care setting options, an AARP report found.

Ninety-four percent of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across the U.S. experienced a nurse staffing issue during the pandemic, according to a report released in September by the U.S. Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. 

Dorothy "Dodi" Purtell was named CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Fitchburg (Wis.).

Three hospitals in Illinois, Connecticut and Texas have cut or closed their rehabilitation programs since the start of 2023.

The Texas Federal Wellness Health and Rehab in Edinburg has shut its doors following a months-long federal investigation into claims that a co-owner and his sister were defrauding a federal worker's compensation program.

Broomfield (Colo.) Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center settled with the state attorney general's office and agreed to pay a fine of up to $60,000 after a cyberattack exposed private information about thousands of patients and employees, CBS News reported Sept. 24.

Milwaukee Rehabilitation Hospital at Greenfield (Wis.) appointed Shelley Stubbendeck CEO.

Nancy Littlefield, DNP, RN, will become the CEO of Hospice of the Piedmont Oct. 2 after serving as another system's chief nursing officer for about seven years. 

Nursing homes across the U.S. may soon be faced with the challenge to remain fully staffed, or close, after President Joe Biden proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as part of an effort to improve patient safety on Sept. 1. 

Washington, D.C., has the lowest nurse turnover rate for nursing homes while Montana has the highest, according to CMS data.

All post-acute settings are not created equal.1 The growing rate of skilled nursing facility (SNF) closures has only reinforced this gap in care quality, leaving patients and hospitals straining to find care settings equipped and available to meet their unique needs.

The use of telemedicine by skilled nursing facilities has declined by 30 percent in the last three years, according to research published Aug. 18 in JAMA.

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham's is expanding its Home Hospital program to three more hospitals, according to a Sept. 11 news release.

HHS found that 55 percent of falls among Medicare home health patients were not reported on patient assessments.

Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Jacksonville (Fla.) has appointed Curtis Whetzel, DPT, as its new CEO, according to a Sept. 5 news release.

President Joe Biden zeroed in on details around his administration's newly proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as part of an effort to improve patient safety at these facilities, according to a Sept. 1 opinion piece published in USA Today.

Mercy Health-Youngstown (Ohio) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation broke ground on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in that city.

Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional and Nashville, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Rehabilitation named Mary Daggett as CEO of their upcoming rehabilitation and behavioral health hospital, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Sep. 1.