Abuse Prevention WTRF reported that Ohio unanimously passed a law that will increase safety, deter abuse, and prevent waste. The Ohio bill will allow cameras in nursing homes so abuse and neglect can be stopped. The bipartisan bill allow nursing home residents or their families to install cameras in their rooms to capture abuse and
We have handled nursing home litigation for decades. We see false documentation in almost every case. The cover up is often worse than the crime. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina reported that Tammy McDonald made fake Covid-19 vaccination cards. Tammy McDonald is a Director of Nursing in a nursing
Profits over People Unfortunately, private equity ownership in nursing homes soared in recent years. As an attorney against long-term care facilities over the last 25 years, the type of management and ownership clearly affects the quality of care for residents. The pressure to generate high, short-term profits causes private equity-owned nursing homes to reduce staffing,
McKnight’s recently reported that CMS may finally get serious about stopping “illegal dumping” of nursing home residents. Consumer advocates and industry experts criticize nursing home discharge policies. In the past, nursing homes would evict residents when they applied for Medicaid. Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General disclosed in a report that nursing homes
The Republican Party is in disarray. Conservatives v. Clowns. Politician Lauren Boebert Boebert is an idiot bigot. Video recently surfaced of Boebert making racist comments again. She is in the news because of ignorant anti-Muslim comments. CNN unearthed another video of Boebert from September saying stupid stuff. This time she called a Muslim colleague a
Unsafe Staffing More than 186,000 residents and staff have died from COVID-19 in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care settings. The figure accounts for about one-quarter of the U.S.’s entire COVID-19 death toll. More than 2,000 resident deaths died from COVID-19 for a second month in a row. Unsafe staffing levels in
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