A study found one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia harbor strains of drug-resistant bacteria. More than 10 percent of the drug-resistant bacteria are resistant to four or more antibiotic classes. The research was published online in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Erika
WREG reported on the tragic “dumping” of Noah Mangum by Collierville Nursing and Rehabilitation. Collierville Nursing and Rehab is a facility with a history of documented problems. The facility had three outbreaks during the pandemic, at least four people died. Mangum called the News Channel 3 Investigators after seeing reports on problems at nursing homes
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the criminal charges against management for cutting staff. If this is a new trend, the prisons will be full. Not many nursing homes maintain safe sufficient staffing to meet the needs of the residents. Short-staffing affects the quality of care and harms the health, safety, and well-being of the residents. Chaim
Private Equity Investors U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) is chairman of the House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee. He wrote a letter asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate the relationship between private equity investments and closed healthcare facilities. Private-equity has exploited the industry and siphoned taxpayer funds away from resident care. Pascrell cited increased surprise
More Bailouts Federal government stimulus funding such as the CARES Act allowed the nursing home industry to survive during the pandemic. Occupancy rates fell to the lowest level since data have been collected. The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) states the rate is only 71.7%. Occupancy declined 13.3 percentage points since February
MarketWatch asked an important question: Would you want your parents to live in a nursing home owned by private equity? As a nursing home attorney, I have found that nonprofits are better than for-profits, and chains owned by private equity are the worse. Over the last two decades, private equity firms bought 2,000 nursing homes.