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#1 New York Court Upholds Nursing Home COVID-19 Immunity

Dec 4 2023 // A New York state appellate court has ruled that an April 2021 state law repealing a March 2020 grant of immunity to nursing homes over their handling of COVID-19 patients is not retroactive.The ruling means a nursing...

#2 Senior Living Facilities Face Labor Shortages, Nuclear Verdicts and Changing Insurance Market

Sep 16 2024 // Continuing worker shortages, the threat of nuclear verdicts in some geographical locations, and the implementation of new technology are all shaping the property/casualty insurance market for senior living...

#3 One Resident Still Missing as St. Louis Nursing Home Abruptly Closes

Dec 28 2023 // COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – One person is still missing a week after the abrupt closure of St. Louis` largest nursing home left roughly 170 residents scattered at new facilities throughout the city, a state health department...

#4 New York Insurance Broker Caught in $38 Million Nursing Home Tax Fraud Scheme

Nov 20 2024 // Prosecutors report that a New York insurance broker has admitted his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country,U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that...

#5 Texas Assisted Living Facility Sued for Firing Worker With Sleep Disorder

Aug 2 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, violated federal law when it denied an employee an accommodation for her sleep disorder and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment...

#6 Nursing Home Operators Must Pay $35.8 Million in Back Wages and Damages

Aug 1 2024 // In one of the nation’s largest wage recovery judgments, a Pennsylvania federal court has awarded $35.8 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 6,000 current and former workers in nursing,...

#7 Louisiana Nursing Home Owner to Pay $8.2M for Misusing Assets During Ida

Oct 22 2024 // Louisiana nursing home owner Bob Dean Jr. and several companies he operated have agreed to an $8.2 million consent judgment to resolve allegations that they misappropriated and misused the assets and income of four nursing...

#8 Texas Nursing Care Facility Settles Sex Discrimination Lawsuit for $50K

Feb 13 2024 // Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates nursing care facilities across Texas and Louisiana, will pay $50,000 to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...

#9 Texas Assisted Living Facility Fined for Firing Nurse With Sleep Disorder

Nov 1 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination and...

#10 Elderly Man Fatally Shoots Wife, Self at Florida Assisted Living Facility

Jan 25 2024 // ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An elderly man fatally shot his wife and then himself at an assisted living facility in Florida, police said Tuesday.Staff at the Addington Place at College Harbor facility found the couple...

#11 Washington Adult Home Operator Facing Felony Charge in Alleged Workers’ Comp Scam

Jul 17 2024 // A Spokane, Washington woman who ran an adult family home while claiming she was too injured to work faces a felony charge in a $60,000 workers’ compensation fraud case.Serah Kamau, 52, reportedly operated her...

#12 New Mexico Nursing Home Inspections Find at Least 1 Violation in 88% of Facilities

Aug 8 2024 // Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said.State health officials said just 11 of the 91 assisted living facilities received a perfect...