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Indiana received $679 million last year in extra Medicaid payments to care for vulnerable nursing home residents. That’s more than any other state. More than California. More than New York. With all that money, one advocate said, Indiana should have the best nursing homes in America. It doesn’t. An IndyStar investigation found at least $1 billion in supplemental Medicaid...

At a time when older Americans are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus, federal health administrators have halted most inspections of nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The stated reason: This will enable them to zero in on institutions where residents are at greatest risk of contracting the virus — as opposed to focusing on more typical problems such as...

In 2017, a flare-up of scabies in a Downey, California, nursing home persisted for more than six months and left at least seven patients covered in rashes from the skin-boring mites before staff members corralled the problem. A year later, norovirus swept through a Lakeview, Oregon, facility after staff members failed to contain the gastrointestinal illness that eventually sickened at least...

Federal officials are suspending non-emergency inspections across the country in nursing homes and hospitals, instead of focusing on complaints alleging infection control concerns. This comes as a nursing care facility in Seattle, Life Care Center, is dealing with more than 50 residents and staff experiencing symptoms from coronavirus, according to CNN. As of Monday, a total of 16 people...

The outbreak of coronavirus infection and at least four deaths in a nursing home near Seattle have put long-term facilities in Florida on high alert, as they care for one of the most vulnerable populations. "Nursing homes and senior care homes in general are just rife for this type of an outbreak." -- Brian Lee, FFBC Executive Director “Nursing homes and senior care homes in...