A recent investigation documenting hundreds of resident on resident assaults in nursing homes across the country highlights a form of harm that is too often misunderstood. These incidents are rarely random. They follow a familiar pattern of missed assessments, poor care planning, inadequate supervision, and management decisions that leave vulnerable residents unprotected. Facilities are required
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MedPAC’s latest proposal makes one thing painfully clear: the people deciding how much nursing homes should be paid are looking almost entirely at financial spreadsheets—not the reality of resident care. The commission is floating a 4% cut to Medicare’s base payment rate for skilled nursing facilities, arguing that margins are high, occupancy is stable, and
A deeply troubling case out of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, shows yet again how easily elder abuse can take root in long-term care facilities when there is little oversight. Three caregivers have been criminally charged after allegedly spraying a vulnerable resident with a water bottle to “aggravate” and “humiliate” them, even recording at least one
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