Advocates Make Mothers' Day Push for Quality Care

MAY 1, 2008 —  Families visiting their loved ones at more than one hundred ManorCare nursing homes in sixteen states across the nation this Mother’s Day will receive a carnation and a call to action from quality care advocates. The effort, the latest in a long-running campaign to improve care at Carlyle-ManorCare facilities, asks family members to call Carlyle co-founder and Managing Director David Rubenstein to demand better care. In addition, families will be urged to call their Senators to request Congress step take action to protect all nursing home residents.

Caving to Calls for Action on Quality, Carlyle-ManorCare Instead Appoints Committee

MAY 6, 2008 —  In response to scrutiny from residents, lawmakers, and advocates, Carlyle this week announced the formation of a three member "independent" committee to advise the company regarding quality of care.  Carlyle-ManorCare's decision to refer the issue of quality to a committee falls far short of the real and immediate action needed to improve the quality of care for its residents.

Read more about it. 

Read coverage in McKnight's Long Term Care News. 

Lawmaker Asks for Answers from Carlyle; Carlyle Ducks and Sends ManorCare

MAY 8, 2008 —  Michigan lawmakers held a hearing on Thursday to examine concerns related to private equity ownership of nursing homes.  Though lawmakers made inquiries to Carlyle about care issues, Carlyle ducked and instead sent a ManorCare representative to testify at the hearing.

Read about the hearing on Lansing's TV 6. 

Federal Board Accuses ManorCare Home of Violating the Law

MAY 6, 2008 —  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has delayed proceedings in a case to decide who will represent employees at one Michigan ManorCare home, citing "reasonable cause to believe" that management may have threatened or coerced employees in violation of their rights under federal law.  In a letter dated May 6, 2008, NLRB Region 7 concludes that because management's alleged unlawful actions could undermine "the free choice of employees," no representation proceeding can go forward until they are remedied.

April 30: Caregivers Lobby for Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act

April 29: Nursing Home Accountability Team Pickets ManorCare Towson

April 28: Caregivers Unite to Hold Carlyle's Rubenstein Accountable for Broken Promises

April 23: Carlyle's ManorCare Buyout Spurs Legislation

March 28: Workers Picket for Quality Care Contract

March 24: Delegation Visits Carlyle Homes in Japan

March 10: Better staffing? Administrators Disagree

February 12: ManorCare homes' deficiencies make it a federal "focus" »

January 28: "Nurse assistant pleads for improved care" »

January 18: Protestors call on private equity to improve returns to workers, community »