News & Resources

News & Editorials

• Personal Conflicts, Even Violence, Are Not Uncommon in Long-Term Care (6/9/24, NYTimes)

• RI nursing home patients can be violent with each other. What can be done? (5/16/2024, ProJo)

• 'Granny cam' bill allowing cameras in nursing home rooms one step closer to law in RI. (5/9/2024, ProJo)

• Look up incidents of resident-on-resident violence in RI nursing homes in our database (5/1/2024, ProJo)

• Here's what happens when violence is reported in nursing homes – and what isn't tracked (5/1/2024, ProJo)

• What hundreds of pages of records reveal about nursing home resident-on-resident violence (5/1/2024, Projo)

• 'Teetering on the edge': Nursing Homes Alarmed by Proposal to Increase Oversight (4/1/24, ProJo)

• What Do They Not Want Me to See? Advocates Push to Allow Cameras in Nursing Homes (3/28/24, ProJo) 

• Excerpt from Matt Allen show on WPRO with Rep. Jason Knight (3/28/24)

• Raise the Bar Press Conference: Nursing Home Workforce Standards Bill (2/29/24)

• In RI Nursing Homes, Deficiencies are on the Rise. Advocates Demand Better Standards. (2/29/24, Boston Globe)

• RI's nursing home staffing law was never enforced. Now its backers want broader changes. (2/29/24, ProJo)

• Missouri's nursing home crisis exposed: Proposed legislation aims for accountability (2/23/24, KSDK St. Louis)

• Fact-checking McKee's Executive Order (1/2/24)

• McKee suspends penalties for never-enforced minimum staffing law (12/29/23 Providence Journal)

• Losing $100K a month, a 50-year-old nursing home (Linn Health and Rehab in East Providence) turns to bake sales, public pleas to cover costs (12/6/23 McKnight's Healthcare News)

• Holding nursing homes accountable, while paying them fairly (11/18/23 Boston Globe)

In a bill passed unanimously by the MA House of Representatives, oversight is paired with money to enhance workforce 

• OIG urges CMS to use claims to uncover abuse of Medicare patients (11/10/23 McKnights LTC News)

• The Long-Term Care Crisis—Why Few Can Afford to Grow Old in America (12/5/23 KFF Virtual conversation)

• Extra Fees Drive Assisted-Living Profits (11/19/23)

• Big Profits in Caring for the Elderly (12/4/23, NYTimes)

• Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care (11/14/23, NYTimes)

• What to Know About Assisted Living (11/19/23 NYTimes)

• Who Really Owns Nursing Homes, And How The Feds Are About To Learn More (11/27/23 Forbes)

• Everyone in a nursing home deserves a single room 3/15/23 Boston Globe)

• TERRIFIC in-depth reporting on the state of LTC in CT: From shifting finances to changing populations, nursing homes are under pressure from all sides (Part 2 of 4) (03/26/23)

• Patients left on the floor, burned, missing medication: What inspectors found at a Pawtucket nursing home (04/11/23 --ProJo paywall)

• Alleged Rape and Cocaine: CNAs at Two RI Nursing Homes Have Licenses Suspended (01/13/23)

• Warwick Police Have Yet to Charge CNA Suspended by RIDOH for Alleged Sexual Assault (01/18/23)

• “Immediate Danger to Public” — RIDOH Suspends Nurse’s License (02/01/23)

• Critical challenge for RI nursing homes: Boost staffing — and stay in business (01/06/23--ProJo paywall)

• R.I. leaders need to invest in long-term care workforce (02/03/23--PBN paywall)