Author name: Nursing Home Team

A list comprised of the nation’s worst nursing homes now includes six facilities from South Dakota, according to the South Dakota Searchlight. Each month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases its updated list of facilities with the Special Focus Facility (SFF) designation.  These are nursing homes that have a history of serious quality […]

The latest round of inspections at Iowa nursing homes has uncovered violations at dozens of facilities, according to a report by KCRG. According to records from the state’s Department of Inspection, Appeals and Licensing, at least 33 nursing homes have been cited since the beginning of 2025 for issues involving resident abuse, including theft, sexual

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA – New citations have been issued against a Virginia nursing home after an inspection that uncovered continuing care and safety violations, WTVR reported. Inspectors with the Virginia Department of Health returned to the Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in March for an updated inspection after numerous violations were found in December

A federal judge has cleared the way for a lawsuit to proceed over the backlog of nursing home inspections in Maryland, according to a report by Maryland Matters. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox denied a request by the Maryland Department of Health to dismiss the case, which will now be pursued as a class-action

HENRICO COUNTY, VO – Conditions at a nursing home in Virginia have resulted in it being placed on a list of the nation’s worst long-term care facilities, WTVR reports. Henrico Health and Rehabilitation Center was identified by Medicare with two icons on its website, indicating the facility has a history of serious quality issues.   The

OAK PARK HEIGHTS, MN – A Minnesota assisted living facility was accused of neglect following the death of one of its residents, according to a report by KARE11. The complaint was filed against Oak Park Senior Living in Oak Park Heights, and was substantiated in a recent report released by investigators with the Minnesota Department

Lawmakers and senior advocates in Maryland are concerned that not enough of the state’s nursing homes are being inspected on a timely basis, Maryland Matters reports. The Department of Health has been trying to reduce a backlog of inspections at the state’s 220 nursing homes that spans the past several years.  And though over half

MARYVILLE, IL – A nursing home in Illinois that had been accused of abuse and neglect has shut down after its federal funding was removed, according to the Belleville News-Democrat. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pulled funds from Well Care Home of Maryville on April 2, saying the facility failed to attain

A growing number of states are permitting the use of video cameras in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to help detect abuse or neglect of residents, according to a report in the New York Times. 17 states have now passed legislation allowing cameras in eldercare facilities, and several more are considering doing the same. The

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA – Prosecutors in Virginia are continuing to develop their case involving alleged abuse at the Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, reports WTVR. The matter originated in October 2024, when police were notified of a potential elder abuse case involving a 74-year-old woman who was previously a patient at the facility.  The