All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 20 2008 // 90The percentage of Georgia nursing homes that violated federal standards for health and safety last year. The state was on par with the national average of 92 percent of nursing homes that had violations, according to the...
Oct 3 2008 // The Department of Health and Human Services found that nearly 90 percent of Georgia nursing homes violated federal standards for health and safety last year.The state was on par with the national average of 92 percent of...
Sep 30 2008 // Congress has shelved a $10.9 billion bill to provide health care for ground zero workers, partly due to opposition from New York City officials. Mayor Michael Bloomberg objected to a provision in the bill that would have...
Aug 21 2008 // Dramatic growth in assisted living and home care may increase professional and general liability risks..Florida faces a crisis in meeting the demand for aging services over the next 22 years as the population aged 85 and...
Jul 1 2008 // Florida faces a crisis in meeting the demand for aging services over the next 22 years as the population aged 85 and older is forecast to grow by 126 percent. This will require 15,000 more skilled nursing beds at a time...
Jun 27 2008 // A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover insurance costs for long-term care such as nursing home stays in retirement, according to a study by Fidelity Investments.The finding underscores the need to...
Jun 23 2008 // U.S. nursing homes are pushing against an effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses in admissions contracts, a change that would make it easier for residents to sue for shoddy care or wrongdoing.A spokeswoman...
Jun 8 2008 // State inspections uncovered an unprecedented number of dangerous living conditions at Tennessee nursing homes during the past year.The crackdown comes after a May report from the Government Accountability Office found that...
Jun 3 2008 // A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by a Brandon, Mississippi nursing home that contends its insurer has no legal grounds to back out of defending it in a wrongful death case.The...
May 19 2008 // Union General has an “A+” rated carrier offering coverage for all types of basic daily care facilities for the elderly. The market also includes physical/sexual abuse coverage. Professional liability and...
May 13 2008 // An Aon Corp. analysis of liability in the long term care industry found for the first time in nine years of reporting that liability costs are stable on a national average basis.The study found that average general...
May 8 2008 // An Oklahoma state legislator who partially owns two nursing homes that have been cited for health and safety violations said his facilities struggle with the same issues faced by every nursing home.Hugh Robert, executive...
Apr 16 2008 // Lighhouse Underwriters, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. announced it has enhanced its ElderCare coverage with a new ElderCare Plus program.The ElderCare Plus program provides underwriting for assisted...
Mar 21 2008 // A Tulsa-based consumer group says many Oklahoma nursing homes appear to be operating without malpractice insurance.Hugh M. Robert, executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Consumer & Patient Safety, says the lack...
Nov 18 2007 // The long-term care industry will be impacted substantially by the aging of the population and employment and certain sectors of the long-term care industry are forecast to grow significantly faster than average over the...
Nov 2 2007 // The long-term care industry will be impacted substantially by the aging of the population and employment in certain sectors of the long-term care industry is forecast to grow significantly faster than average over the next...
Sep 27 2007 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced it has added general and professional liability coverages in Texas and Florida for assisted and independent living facilities. The company said the addition completes its...
Sep 19 2007 // The Iowa Insurance Division wants to address complaints from consumers and have more control over long-term care insurance. State Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss has made 27 recommendations in a report sent to Gov. Chet...
Sep 10 2007 // The owners of a nursing home in St. Francisville, La., where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Sept. 7 of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm...
Aug 16 2007 // Attorneys in St. Francisville, La., prepared Aug. 15 to try to select the final jurors to hear the case of a couple charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients at their nursing home following Hurricane...