David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Care Home Failures Are Common — And Rarely Tracked Over Time
Officials estimate about 90% of adult residential care homes have issues each year, though most of them are minor. Fines for larger problems are rare.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Why This Wahiawa Nursing Home Will Close Its Doors In July
The staff of the Wahiawa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will help about 60 residents find new homes, officials said.
Courtesy: John McDermott
43 Years Later, Neighbor Island Long-Term Care Residents Might Finally Get Their Own Ombudsmen
Hawaii’s long-term care ombudsman program is chronically understaffed but new legislation would put an advocate for residents of the facilities in every county.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
DOH Fines Waipahu Care Home Owner $828K
Island Promise Homes was operating without a license.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
State Inspections Show History Of Neglect At Elderly Care Facility Facing Shutdown
Dignity Senior Living at Oceanside Hawaii appealed the order to close by Friday as residents scramble to find new housing.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Neal Milner: Elderly Hit Hard By Pandemic Aren’t Just Vulnerable Victims
Yes, older people have died at disproportionate rates, but they have also shown remarkable resilience.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Feds Fine Hilo Veterans Home $500,000 Over Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
State health officials said it was the largest fine they could recall for a longterm care facility.
Tim Wright/Civil Beat/2020
Report: ‘Culture’ At Hilo Veterans Home Contributed To Deadly Spread Of COVID-19
A state review says lapses in protocols and staff complacency likely led to the surge in infections.
Courtesy: Carolyn Uejo Kuntemeyer
Hilo Veterans Home Deaths: Rev. Richard Uejo Ministered To Many In Hawaii
He was a nisei World War II veteran who died in the COVID-19 outbreak at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015
DOH Closes, Fines Illegal Adult Care Home
The Grateful ARCH in Honolulu must pay $249,000.