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 […]
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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 […]