Colorado law aims to simplify licensing process for nurses
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2018
A new law in Colorado aims to help address the state’s nursing shortage and make it easier for the state’s almost 90,000 nurses to respond to emergencies in other states by simplifying licensing...
Effort would add ‘residents’ bill of rights’ to Florida constitution
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2018
The man behind a proposal that would add a “Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights” to the Florida constitution says it is an effort to “establish a...
Virginia resolution could lead to regulation of independent living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2018
The Virginia Department of Social Services would study independent living communities to see whether state regulation and oversight would “help to ensure that residents … are adequately protected”...
CCRC sees suicides as state approach to mental healthcare changes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2018
An Alabama senior living community that has become home to several people with mental health challenges under the state’s changing approach to behavioral healthcare saw three deaths by suicide and...
New strategies will reduce veterans home Legionnaires’ risk, governor says
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2018
Following a seven-day stay at a veterans home that has been plagued with cases of Legionnaires’ disease, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced near-term and longer-term plans to try to reduce the...
Wisconsin campaign will encourage public to report abuse of senior living residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 11, 2018
A new effort in Wisconsin will encourage the public to report cases of elder abuse occurring at Medicaid-funded and other senior living and care facilities, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has...
California operator cited $7 million for alleged labor law violations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2018
The owner of six residential care facilities in Los Angeles paid caregivers as little as $2.40 an hour, did not pay them overtime and did not relieve them for breaks, the California Labor Commissioner’s...
Former ombudsman gets $285,000 in settlement after being fired
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2018
The state of New Mexico has paid $285,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by state’s former long-term care ombudsman, who had maintained that she was fired illegally in June 2016 after advocating for assisted...
Minnesota governor reiterates commitment to elder abuse investigations as state health commissioner resigns
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2017
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has reiterated his commitment to improving the investigation of maltreatment and abuse claims involving assisted living and nursing home residents in the state in the wake of...
$1 billion fraud investigation leads to five-year prison sentence for former Florida state employee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2017
A 30-year employee of the agency that oversees the licensure of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities in Florida was sentenced to almost five years in prison Friday for accepting bribes in exchange...