South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Services has the duty to monitor and provide oversight to make sure long term facilities comply with safety rules to meet the needs of the residents and maintain vulnerable adults’ health, safety, and well-being. “It is the responsibility of community residential care facilities to operate in compliance with
WYFF reported the strangest story of the year. Dr. Christopher Healy, PhD, filed the breach of contract civil action against Furman University for his suspension. His attorney said in a release that the professor filed a lawsuit after he was suspended “without notice or explanation.” However, the suspension was warranted. The university became aware through
The nursing home today is largely considered a real estate play. What does the next generation of the nursing home look like? Where does the health-care-centric investor fit in or around it? Utah-based Providence Group is a management and ownership chain of 152 nursing home facilities. Providence Group operates in the states of South Carolina,
The Office of Inspector General for the DHHS confirmed that nursing homes continue to give unsafe psychotropic drugs to residents. The failure or refusal to cease the unsafe practice after decades of FDA warnings is shocking. Read the report —Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes. Modern Healthcare: Nursing Home Antipsychotic Drugs Use
Criminal Arizona’s 12News reported a sick and twisted case in Flagstaff. A jury found Jonathan Chesley guilty of sexual assault of a vulnerable adult abuse, aggravated assault and tampering with physical evidence. Chesley was working as a medical technician at The Peaks. He was working in the memory care unit on the morning of January
Will Census Recover? One factor constraining SNF growth is the expansion of home health. More care is delivered in this setting since the pandemic. The reduction in SNF beds nationwide is due to more units being converted to private rooms. Unsafe staffing in nursing care facilities limit census and occupancy growth in 2022. It also hurts
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