Nursing Home Deaths

Gov. Rick Scott's administration is proposing a new, permanent pair of emergency power rules for nursing homes and assisted living facilities that...

State regulators say 21 nursing homes are not following new rules put in place after residents died in a South Florida nursing home.

Long-term care providers are receiving conflicting messages about whether they have to comply with a Tuesday deadline in a state attempt to require...

A House Democrat on Wednesday proposed offering $5 million a year in matching grants to help health-care facilities add backup power systems.

At least 21 more long-term care providers have filed requests for variances with the state Agency for Health Care Administration as they seek additional...

New research from the University of South Florida suggests evacuating nursing home patients before a storm increases the chance of both hospitalization...

A Florida lawmaker is calling on the state to overhaul regulations for nursing homes. The push comes after 14 patients died from overheating due to a...

Fighting state decisions to place a moratorium on patient admissions and suspend Medicaid funding, a Broward County nursing home plans to subpoena...

Florida nursing-home officials made clear Friday they think it is unrealistic — if not impossible — to carry out a demand by Gov. Rick Scott that...

Escalating a legal and regulatory fight, Gov. Rick Scott's administration Wednesday issued an emergency suspension of the license of a Broward County...

Nine elderly patients died after being kept inside a nursing home that turned into a sweatbox when Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning for...

Still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Florida may soon embark on a costly list of fixes and contentious changes to state laws, including…