The Future of Corporate Oversight? The RAND Corporation published a new study regarding the management and operation of facilities. As we all know, the current model requires caregivers to work tirelessly without input or complaint. Families are treated as an annoyance. The key takeaway: Administrators and operators of nursing homes must allow residents, their families,
State and local authorities are conducting an investigation into abuse at The Oaks at Chanticleer. The facility is part of the profitable chain. So far, the facility terminated the employment of three caregivers following an internal investigation. One for mistreatment. Two for failing to report the mistreatment. The employee who revealed the mistreatment failed to
Fox Carolina reported the arrest of Tiawana Renee Smith-Browning for financial exploitation of a nursing home resident. The vulnerable adult was under the care and supervision of Magnolia Manor-Spartanburg. The nursing home is owned and operated by the Fundamental family of companies that manage and profit from the operation. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson
Queen City News reported a scary story. Three separate nursing facilities in upstate South Carolina hired an unqualified woman to care for vulnerable adults. Do they not care enough to check license and qualifications? How were all three tricked? The background check is simple and legally required. Campbell’s license was suspended in October 2020. The South
Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published policy statements on debt collection in the nursing home industry. See Federal Register. This is great news for families. The CFPB highlights “some of the difficulties and experiences heard from caregivers about being pursued over friends’ or family members’ alleged debts from nursing home facilities.” A Kaiser Family
Fierce Healthcare reported on a new study about specialists in the nursing home industry. JAMA recently published a study showing the number of doctors and advanced practitioners who specialize on nursing home care increased by more than a third between 2012 and 2015. The number of specialists rose from 5,127 to 6,857, an increase of 33.7%.
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