A fire chief at the scene of the tragic fire at a Quebec City nursing home called it “a night of hell.” Ten people have been confirmed killed in the flames, and twenty residents remain unaccounted for. With freezing temperatures and sub-zero wind chills, the odds of finding anyone else alive in the frozen remains […]

A little known incentive that exists in the Affordable Care Act, known as the Balancing Incentive Payments Program may prove instrumental in keeping seniors out of the nursing home much longer. Blue and Red states from Mississippi to Connecticut are taking advantage of the $3 billion program designed to remove many of the barriers that […]

Nursing home arbitration agreements are the new battleground in many nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse cases. Rather than trying to convince a judge or a jury that nursing home abuse or neglect is not taking place at the facility, nursing home administrators are trying to render the whole question moot. Arbitration agreements are […]

It’s unusual for an advocacy group to speak out directly against state officials. Calls for more inspectors, more funding, and more regulations are normal issues for elder advocates. But the situation in Oklahoma has been getting a lot of attention precisely because it’s different. The group, called A Perfect Cause, is calling for the resignation […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid conduct regular evaluations of nursing homes in the United States. Nursing homes with the worst ratings are put on a list called the Special Focus Facility list. The nursing homes on this list are in danger of losing their ability to be reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid for their […]