$1 billion class action settlement will trigger transition of 2,400 nursing home residents to other settings

$1 billion class action settlement will trigger transition of 2,400 nursing home residents to other settings
McKnights Senior LIving, by Kimberly Bonvissuto; 4/19/24
The $1 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit has the potential to see 2,400 Massachusetts nursing home residents move into other residential and community settings in the next decade. The options include assisted living communities, although state senior living experts say that it’s unlikely many of those transitions will be to assisted living. The state agreed to settle the suit, initially filed in 2022 by six disabled nursing homes residents who argued that a lack of state resources “trapped” them in nursing homes despite their wishes to return to community-based care settings.