What the Kirkland verdict means for emergency preparedness
By
Norris Cunningham
May 29, 2023
There is little doubt that leaders at Life Care Centers of America breathed a huge sigh of relief, as did the entire skilled nursing industry, when a federal jury found that Life Care Center of Kirkland,...
Life Care Centers vindicated in early COVID wrongful death case
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2023
A nursing home that was the site of the first major COVID-19 outbreak in the US is not liable for the deaths of two residents there, a federal jury decided late Friday.
Life Care must face trial in 2 of nation’s earliest COVID deaths
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 31, 2023
Life Care Centers of America and one of its operating partners must face a wrongful death trial for alleged lapses in protocol at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal judge ruled Friday.
House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
Congressional investigators pinned for-profit skilled nursing operators into a corner Wednesday, releasing a scathing report describing “dire” conditions caused by alleged lack of preparation and mismanagement...
Lori Whitney named a Life Care vice president
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2022
Lori Whitney has been appointed vice president of Life Care Centers of America’s Mountain States Division.
$12 million verdict against operator in wound care case shows importance of arbitration agreements, legal...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 17, 2022
Long-term care providers are being urged to ensure they have proper arbitration agreements in place after a jury ordered a $12.35 million verdict against a major operator upon finding it mostly responsible...
Also in the News for Wednesday, July 21
Jul 21, 2021
Asbestos exposure triggers nursing home evacuation, OSHA fines for contractor and facility … First half of year set blistering pace for healthcare data breaches … One of New York’s biggest nursing...
Beaudoin named vice president of Life Care’s Mountain States Division
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 20, 2021
Life Care Centers of America has appointed Jay Beaudoin vice president of its Mountain States Division. In this position, Beaudoin oversees 31 skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Colorado,...
Grim anniversary: First U.S. COVID-19 outbreak announced at nursing home 1 year ago today
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2021
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. It was announced Feb. 29, 2020, at a Kirkland, WA, nursing home and kicked off what has roundly been called the...
Life Care Centers President Beecher Hunter calls it a (second) career
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 25, 2020
Beecher Hunter, the president of Life Care Centers of America for the last 14 years, will retire from his post overseeing the chain’s 208 nursing homes on Nov. 2. He will remain in an advisory role until...