Athena Health Care Systems, one of the largest nursing home chains in Connecticut, owes more than $750,000 in taxes, utility costs and interest on missed payments to municipalities.
Hospitals throughout Eastern Massachusetts are facing growing challenges in meeting the demand for care, as they cope with hundreds of 'stuck' patients — ready for discharge but with no place to go.
About 750 patients in Massachusetts were stuck in acute or post-acute care hospitals on any given day in November as they waited to receive additional care at skilled nursing or rehabilitation facilities.
The largest skilled nursing facility in St. Louis has closed suddenly, forcing about 170 residents to be bused to other care centers. Many left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.
Since 2018, more than 2,000 people have wandered away from assisted-living and memory-care facilities unnoticed or been left unattended for hours outside.
Papa Inc. is facing a flurry of contract terminations by health insurers for next year, following extensive allegations of abuse from its workers and the elderly who rely on it.