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On COVID anniversary, protestors renew call for nursing home standards legislation

Government 03/12/2025

It’s been five years, but registered nurse Stefania Silvestri can still recall the smell of plastic. “I placed body after body in a bag, day...

FOR SALE: A sign outside Oak Hill Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in Pawtucket during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nursing home is one of two in Rhode Island that Pointe Group Care LLC, a for-profit company, is looking to buy. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Divided views on for-profit company buying R.I. nursing homes

Health Services 02/07/2025

Two struggling skilled nursing facilities are on track to be sold to a Massachusetts-based company, reigniting the debate over whether businesses looking to maximize...

CHANGE OF PLANS: Jamie Sanford, left, administrator of Linn Health & Rehabilitation in East Providence, and Richard Gamache, center, Aldersbridge Communities CEO, in May check on Elsie Ann Linde, 89, who had moved into rooms at Linn that have been converted to assisted living. Since then, the nursing home had to close but administrators are still awaiting approval to open a memory and dementia care unit.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Struggling nursing homes mull change in direction to save themselves

Cover Story 06/21/2024

Richard Gamache was armed with a plan to save his nursing home this spring. The question was if he had enough time to put...

UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Brian Huempfer, a physical therapist, works with Helen Kandiuk, a resident at Briarcliffe Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Johnston. The nursing home’s owner isn’t sure its current model of operation is sustainable.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

State must help accelerate new nursing home models

Editorial and Op-Ed 06/21/2024

State leaders have begun to respond to the pleas for help from struggling nursing homes, but the money will only buy time for an...

General Assembly passes creation of nursing home workforce standards advisory board

Health Services 06/14/2024

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly approved legislation Thursday that would establish a 13-member advisory board to keep state leaders informed on the conditions of...

WITNESS TO CHANGE: Ann Lancellotti, a retired nurse who spent 20 years working in Rhode Island nursing homes, says she saw a change in the treatment of staff and patients as family-owned facilities started disappearing.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Family-run nursing homes are quickly disappearing

Economy 06/07/2024

Keeping a nursing home running is no easy feat, but it’s an even greater challenge for family-owned facilities to stay afloat. As nursing homes throughout...

Linn Health to close nursing home in July; 48 patients to...

Health Services 05/23/2024

EAST PROVIDENCE – After implementing a “Hail Mary” plan to save its nursing home, Linn Health & Rehabilitation will be closing its doors in...

Nursing home chain owners charged with stealing $83M in Medicaid money

Government 06/29/2023

PROVIDENCE – The owners of a Centers Health Care were charged on Wednesday in a massive fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned off $83 million...

2 Rhode Island nursing homes file for receivership, citing ‘inability to...

Economy 06/28/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island nursing homes have filed for receivership, declaring their “inability to pay debts as they come due.” However, neither residents nor...