Florida ALF News This Week
Published: Fri, 04/19/19
An elderly woman repeatedly was bitten by ants in her bed at an assisted living facility. A lawsuits says that left her in pain in her final days.
A six-month investigation by KHN and PBS NewsHour finds that older Americans are quietly killing themselves in nursing homes, assisted living centers and adult care homes.
Last year, the Legislature boosted nursing home care for elders with a $138 million increase in Medicaid funding. But that increase was temporary and is set to go away unless the House and Senate take action to put it back in the budget.
Staffing and Medicaid reimbursement were two pressing issues for operators that emerged from a recent survey commissioned by the Florida Assisted Living Association, the organization’s CEO, Shaddrick A. Haston, Esq., told McKnight’s Senior Living.
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The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a patient who lived at a long-term care and rehabilitation facility.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KEPRO announced that the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has awarded KEPRO the opportunity to...
Many Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities are still unable to meet state requirements for having backup generators. Then-Gov. Rick Scott issued the mandate after 12 residents of a Hollywood nursing home died in 2017 when Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility's air conditioning.