Following the enactment of a new federal rule that prohibits the enforcement of arbitration agreements by nursing homes that accept federal funding (virtually all of them), a group
of nursing home operators and industry trade groups are challenging the rule.
Based on the alleged negligence
of the nursing home operators, the plaintiff filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking damages from the defendant.
Not exact matches
(Reuters)- Nonprofit hospital network
operator ProMedica and healthcare - focused real estate investment trust Welltower Inc (WELL.N) have made a $ 2 billion offer to buy Quality Care Properties Inc (QCP.N), the soon - to - be owner
of the second - largest U.S.
nursing home chain, HCR ManorCare, people familiar with the matter said.
Capalino represented VillageCare, the non-profit that ran the property as a
home for AIDS patients and sold the 150,000 - square - foot building to for - profit
nursing home operator The Allure Group in February
of 2015.
The city's top lobbyist, a
nursing home operator and a property appraisal firm are among those who have been subpoenaed by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as part
of an investigation he has opened into an ongoing city land use scandal.
The State Department
of Health should get tough with
nursing home operators and impose more fines for
nursing -
home health and safety standards.
«I've had
nursing home operators come to me and say if this $ 15 an hour passes there's no question we will have to close our
nursing home,» said Sen. Catharine Young, R - Olean, chair
of the Senate finance committee.
Operators of schools, college dorms, university campuses, hospitals, clinics,
nursing homes, assisted living residences
It is because
of our experience and skill in handling these delicate cases that doctors, carriers, health maintenance organizations and
nursing home operators regularly retain us.
For the sake
of lining their own pockets,
nursing home operators are willing to leave residents without enough food or water; under - or over-medicate patients; hire aides without vetting or training them, opening the doors to workers capable
of neglecting or outright harming vulnerable elders; or fail to hire enough staff at all.
One
operator of a 314 - bed
nursing home in New York paid herself a $ 1.2 million annual salary.
We are on the cutting edge
of legal advocates protecting the rights
of people like you who have become victims
of reckless tractor trailer
operators, negligent drivers, bad doctors,
nursing homes, big business and / or an oppressive insurance industry.
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person is an owner,
operator, or employee
of a group
home,
nursing facility, assisted living facility, intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation, or other institutional care facility and the person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence by omission causes to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual who is a resident
of that group
home or facility:
Therefore, while an owner
of a single - family
home, an apartment house owner, a store owner and a
nursing home operator each owe lawful visitors to their property a duty
of reasonable care, what constitutes reasonable snow removal may vary among them.»
Nursing home operator Preferred Care blames their financial woes on «predatory» lawsuits, but inspection reports and case filings indicate a history
of poor care, inadequate staffing, negligence, abuse, and even wrongful death.
Though a 70 % annual staff turnover rate is not uncommon in
nursing homes, Braun says good
operators will show a turnover range
of 30 % to 45 %.
Billed as the
nursing home of the future, a new 115 - bed facility is under way in Erie, Pa., by Golden Living, an owner and
operator of long - term care buildings.
The Ensign Group, a Mission Viejo, Calif. - based owner and
operator of nursing homes principally in the western United States, has embarked on a buying spree.
I plan to write an article on OHI later this week, and one
of the things that I will be focused on is the outlook for skilled
nursing homes, especially the
operators that rely heavily on public funding.
Since then,
operators of nursing homes have seen revenues decline by nearly 10 %.