Jason DelgadoMay 29, 2020
5min292
Hurricane season begins on Monday, posing potential problems for nursing homes.
Tag: generators
Jason DelgadoMay 29, 2020
Guest AuthorMay 28, 2020
5min278
Do you have your plan? Have you stocked up on the supplies you need?
Jim RosicaSeptember 2, 2019
4min369
"If you're ordered to evacuate, you need to do that."
Christine Jordan SextonApril 18, 2019
9min279
Hurricane season starts June 1.
Staff ReportsOctober 15, 2018
4min262
With thousands of people still without power after Hurricane Michael, the state’s Department of Health is warning of the danger of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Generators “can cause CO to build up in a home and poison the people and animals inside,” a Monday press release said. “CO is found in fumes produced by burning […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 6, 2018
6min246
As we reflect on what we’ve learned since Hurricane Irma blasted Florida one year ago, Florida’s nursing centers are continuing their work of improving preparations, education, and training – to be ready for a storm of comparable power and impact. We cannot forget the lessons of the tragedy that struck a South Florida nursing center […]
Staff ReportsMarch 26, 2018
3min343
Gov. Rick Scott held a signing ceremony Monday for measures that make permanent the state’s emergency rules requiring every nursing home and assisted living facility in Florida to have emergency generators. The two bills (HB 7099, SB 7028) replace a pair of emergency rules that the Scott administration issued in September. That followed the deaths of residents of The […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 22, 2018
4min297
On Friday, the Rick Scott administration published new proposed backup-power rules for Florida’s assisted living facilities. It is a move that could mean an end to the legal struggle between the governor’s office and providers, with Scott backing off the controversial mandate that long-term care facilities install generators to provide continuous power in the case […]
Scott PowersOctober 27, 20175min271
An administrative judge has struck down Gov. Rick Scott‘s emergency order that would have forced Florida’s nursing homes to install emergency generators immediately. Administrative Law Judge Garnett Chisenhall ruled Friday that Scott’s administration failed to demonstrate that an emergency exists that would require an emergency order for the immediate installation of generators that could power […]
Staff ReportsOctober 10, 2017
3min241
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday directed state agencies to “immediately begin the formal rulemaking process to permanently enact a rule requiring emergency generators at assisted living facilities (ALFs) and nursing homes.” His edict went to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and the Department of Elder Affairs. “An emergency rule adopted Sept. 16 requires all ALFs and nursing […]