In 15 years, Louisiana has never closed a nursing home permanently
| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor UNDER RENOVATION: Joe Jaeger already owns the largest collection of hotels in New Orleans. Now he's added another: the historic Chateau Hotel, a converted 18th-century mansion in the French Quarter. It's closed for renovations, as are all but four of Jaeger's 17 hotels, but he says he expects to reopen all of them by the middle of 2022. WINDS OF CHANGE: If the experience of Block Island, Rhode Island, is any guide, Louisiana can expect offshore wind farms to cut their power bills, improve deep-sea fishing and reduce air pollution. That's the takeaway from Part 4 of our series on the potential for wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico. WINLESS: Bob Dean, whose seven nursing homes lost their Louisiana licenses over the shocking way they evacuated residents for Hurricane Ida, might well be allowed to reopen them. In the past 15 years, the state Department of Health has tried to close only three nursing homes on a permanent basis, and has failed every time. Welcome to the weekend. Keep up all day with everything that's going on in the New Orleans area on NOLA.com. D.B. |
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| Joe Jaeger, owner of the largest hotel group in New Orleans, has purchased the historic Chateau Hotel in the French Quarter, though he says… Read more |
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| Off Rhode Island coast, the air’s cleaner and the fishing’s better, too Read more |
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| When photos and firsthand accounts showed that more than 800 frail nursing home residents were languishing in an ill-equipped warehouse after Hurricane Ida in August, Louisiana’s regulators acted swiftly. Read more |
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| The recent announcement by Pfizer that their COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective and well-tolerated for children ages 5-11 has created caut… Read more |
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