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Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew suspended admissions at the Livewell at Courtyard Plaza, a 120-bed assisted living facility located in Miami, after determining that facility operators had repeatedly “overlooked” the “regulatory mechanisms” designed to keep residents safe from harm. The 16-page final order showed how Livewell...

Families for Better Care Executive Director Brian Lee submitted the following comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding  "Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency, and Transparency."   Mr. Lee called the proposed regulatory revisions  "eerily reminiscent of much of the same water cooler jargon...

Families for Better Care Executive Director Brian Lee issued the following statement regarding the recent abuse allegations at an Oklahoma nursing home: The “ sadistic abuse ” that reportedly occurred at the Cimarron Pointe Care Center in Mannford is beyond unconscionable. Mannford Police Chief Lucky Miller and his officers are to be applauded for proactively acting on...

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration imposed an IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ADMISSIONS at the Crestwood Nursing Center in Palatka because facility conditions now pose “an immediate danger” to the public. According to the August 30 final order , state investigators discovered that the facility carelessly mishandled the medications for one resident,...