Elder Housing Advisor

The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog profiles an interesting partnership between nursing home operator Hebrew SeniorLife and local colleges that allows students in the areas of medicine, social work, dental school and business to complete internships and the company’s Hebrew Rehabilitation Center facility.  Here’s a link and an excerpt: [Read more →]

An article in Stanford Advocate reports that an audit by the State of Connecticut suggests that nursing home owner Marathon Healthcare is under financial hardship and facing bankruptcy. According to the article, Marathon Healthcare runs seven nursing homes including Marathon-Springfield which is a 127 bed facility located in Springfield Massachusetts. According to the report, the Springfield facility is for sale. Here is an excerpt from the article: [Read more →]

There is a nice article in Nurse.com that profiles issues face by elderly gay and lesbian nursing home residents including outreach efforts by Boston Senior Home Care. Here is an excerpt of the article: [Read more →]

According to a Boston Globe report three Massachusetts nursing homes are on a federal watch list of problem facilities. The three in MA include: [Read more →]

Federal regulators have put Piety Corner Nursing Home on a watch list of 131 nursing homes nationwide that have had serious problems with patient care. Here is an an article in The Daily News Tribune detailing problems at the facility: [Read more →]

According to a published report, Sun Healthcare Group Inc., of Albuquerque, NM, doing business as Harborside Massachusetts LP, purchased four skilled-nursing facilities from Nationwide Health Properties Inc., of Newport, CA, for $20.6 million. The properties totaled 120,142 square feet with a combined total of 401 beds. The sale was equivalent to approximately $51,372 per bed or $171.50 per square foot. [Read more →]

The Berkshire Eagle reports that the New Boston Nursing Home facility in western Massachusetts was sold for $525,000 (or about $9,500 per bed). The new owners renamed the facility Berkshire Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center and plan to invest $500,000 in upgrades. Here is the full text of the article: [Read more →]

The publication Consumer Reports maintains a useful site with information on nursing home selection. They also maintain a state-by-state report nursing homes to avoid and nursing homes to consider using their own Nursing Home Quality Monitor. The main site can be found here and the Massachusetts listings can be found here.

More information on Consumer Report’s ranking criteria is available here, and the following is a list of the Massachusetts Nursing Homes to avoid that were on Consumer Report’s August 2006 list: [Read more →]

The OCULAR SURGERY NEWS reports on a case in which a doctor was alleged to have made false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for office and nursing home visits performed by a nurse practitioner without proper supervision. Interestingly, the case was reported to authorities by a whistle blower who was able to keep $50,000 of the $250,000 settlement.

Here’s the article: [Read more →]

Attorney General Tom Reilly obtained an emergency court order to take over the 91-bed  Governor Winthrop Nursing Home over allegations that it failed obtain adequate supervision of its 60 residents over the holidays.  According to the AG’s press release the facility did not have a director of nursing, a nurse manager, or a nurse unit supervisor, and the administrator had given notice that he was resigning effective December 29, 2006.  The nursing facility is owned by defendant Winthrop Healthcare Investors, L.P., of Roswell, Georgia.  Here is the full press release: [Read more →]