Athena Health Care Systems, one of the biggest long-term care providers in Connecticut, has come under the scrutiny of officials in three New England states after receiving consistent complaints about conditions in its nursing homes. Athena is also facing multiple lawsuits alleging that the company failed to pay employee health benefits and that it didn’t pay for temporary staffing during the pandemic. The Farmington, Conn.-based company recently agreed to pay a $1.75 million fine to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office — the largest nursing home fine ever in that state — for admitting people with substance abuse issues to its nursing homes without being able to provide them with appropriate treatment, leading to “numerous overdoses,” according to the Attorney General’s office.
For nearly 43 years, Francine Turner-Minor has distributed medicine to patients at a Baden neighborhood nursing home. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Turner-Minor went on strike from Hillside Manor Healthcare and Rehab Center, where about 130 elderly residents live, according to the latest count in federal data. Workers here say the facility is infested with bed bugs, mice and cockroaches, and they say they’ve faced union-busting tactics and unequal pay from the facility’s owners, New Jersey-based Luxor Healthcare. The concerns have become so dire that city leaders plan to investigate.
Reliq Health Technologies Inc. a rapidly growing global healthcare technology company that develops innovative Virtual Care solutions for the multi-billion dollar Healthcare market, is pleased to announce that it has added 30 new Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) clients to a previously disclosed contract with a large healthcare network in Florida. The Company has also signed a new contract with a large allergy and respirology clinic in Texas. The new SNF clients are expected to add over 3,000 new patients per month or 36,000 new patients per year to Reliq’s iUGO Care platform.
Building on its commitment to comprehensive care and services, Seacrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Little Egg Harbor said it recently earned the American Heart Association’s new Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Center Certification. Located at 1001 Center St., Seacrest provides post-hospital care, short-term rehab and long-term residential care. The world’s leading nonprofit focused on heart and brain health, the AHA has invested more than $4.8 billion in research since its founding.
A skilled nursing facility in Council Bluffs gets new technology they say will change how they care for patients. Midlands Living Center now has sensors that can monitor vital signs and movement, without nurses even having to touch the patients. Jordan Tjaden, the administrator for Midlands Living Center, said the sensors are made by a company called Xandar Kardian. Tjaden said the sensors got FDA approval in 2021 and a pilot program started in 2022.
Enhabit, Inc., a leading national home health and hospice provider, today announced it will report its results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2022, on Feb. 14, 2023, and host a webcast and conference call on Feb. 15, 2023. Individuals who would like to participate in the conference call webcast should join 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.