Nursing Homes

The process can be daunting. Many facilities are understaffed and the worker shortages have gotten worse since the pandemic. This video offers tips on what to look for.

Unfortunately, homes vary greatly in quality, and many don’t have enough nurses and aides to give residents the care they need. Here are some questions to answer if you are looking.

Rising health care costs are fueling anxiety among older Americans covered by Medicare. They’re right to be concerned.

More than 172,000 nursing home residents died of covid. In lawsuits, some families who lost loved ones say they were misled about safety measures or told that COVID wasn’t a danger in their facilities.

The staffing regulation was disparaged by the industry as unattainable. Patient advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Labor unions welcomed the requirement.

Members of the Special Committee on Aging are asking residents and their families to submit their bills and are calling for a Government Accountability Office study.

The claim was made in a new AARP sponsored report from the University of South Florida. The Florida Health Care Association counters saying those trends are a function of the post-COVID workforce environment and NOT the result of efforts to "modernize staffing standards."

In a decade-long battle about kids with complex medical needs receiving care in nursing homes, the state describes a key part of the ruling as an “arbitrary and unachievable” goal.

A Florida Senate panel has backed a proposal that would allow veterans' spouses and, in some cases, the parents of veterans, to qualify to live in state-run long-term care facilities for veterans.

The Biden administration is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling aimed at keeping Florida children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.

LeadingAge Florida said it submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services warning the proposal would have “unintended consequences” because of the shortage of nurses.

The Florida Health Care Association wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services warning that most facilities could not meet the “arbitrary and unfunded mandates."