Space is tight in Pennsylvania nursing homes according to a PA Department of Health Survey that reports a 91.25 percent occupancy rate statewide. In Juniata and Snyder counties, the occupancies rates are higher than 96 percent. According to an article on LancasterOnline.com, space is so tight in Lancaster County nursing…
The Pennsylvania HealthCare Association reports that the average annual cost for a private room in a nursing home here in Pennsylvania is $99,280 — higher than the national average of $81,031. It’s a staggering number, but according to an article on LancasterOnline, most residents live less than a year in…
The controversial and shocking story causing much debate this week is that of a nurse at an elderly living facility in California who refused to perform CPR on resident who had stopped breathing. When prompted over the phone by a 911 dispatcher to start CPR, the nurse refused saying that…
A number of nursing homes in Lancaster County have something to brag about after a recent report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services showed that they offer a level of care that’s just above average. According to an article on LancasterOnline.com, the report found that overall, the county’s…
According to an article on the RepublicanHerald.com, the City of Pottsville’s Code Enforcement Office recently approved plans for a two-story addition to the east wing of Providence Place Retirement Community in Pottsville. The new wing will be an unsecured unit for early-onset Alzheimer’s residents who have no tendency to wander.…
An alarming report just released by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services says that in 2009, Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients that stayed in skilled nursing facilities that failed to meet federal quality of care rules. According to an article by the Associated…
Nursing homes and long-term care homes in Pennsylvania anxiously await this week’s decision on the across-the-board federal budget cuts, as it could mean that they might lose some Medicare funding. According to an article on the York Daily Record (ydr.com), the reductions would result from a proposed 2 percent cut…
We’ve been hearing reports of Schuylkill County residents receiving calls from scam artists pretending to be employees of their local electric utility provider. In some cases, the caller is asking for personal information, account information, and money. In other cases, the caller is threatening to have electric service to a…
With the future of Friendship Ridge Nursing Home in Beaver, PA in jeopardy, protesters gathered outside last week’s Beaver County commissioners’ meeting to try and convince the commissioners to keep the facility county-owned. In December, county commissioners asked the union workers at the home to develop a plan to save…
On Fri., Feb. 1, the attorneys and staff of O’Connor Law donned red sweaters, shirts, and scarves in honor of National Wear Red Day to raise awareness of heart disease, the leading killer of women. National Wear Red Day was started 10 years ago by the American Heart Association (AHA),…