400 Nursing Homes Have Closed Since Landmark 1987 Oversight Law — While Care Generally Improved

Since the landmark passage of a sweeping oversight bill in the late 1980s, hundreds of nursing homes have closed — while those that remained have increasingly taken on more difficult medical cases, according to new research from Brown University. The analysis, which focused on the effects of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA […]

$47M SNF Breaks Ground in Tennessee; $5.8M Bridge-to-HUD Loan in Ohio

Officials in Tennessee broke ground on a $47 million state veterans nursing home in a ceremony in Cleveland, Tenn., the Associated Press reported Aug. 22. The 108-bed skilled nursing facility will include six 18-bedroom residential houses linked by interior shared support spaces. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is contributing a $30.5 million grant, while […]