Skilled nursing facilities will have more time to explain how they spent the bailout money from the Provider Relief Fund. The legislation, dubbed the Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act, delays “complex PRF reporting requirements” until after the public health crisis. The delay will give the industry more time to hide and divert funds. The money
Great news in Florida. Justice for a grieving family. A jury ordered national for-profit chain Life Care Centers of America to pay $12.35 million verdict to a neglected resident and her family. Life Care Centers operates more than 200 skilled nursing facilities in 28 states. The chain is owned and operated by the infamous Forest
The Yale Daily News had an incredible article about a new tool to prevent and deter abuse and neglect. Yale researchers developed VOICES, a web-based app to identify elder abuse. VOICES is a digital medical screening tool that utilizes multimedia presentations to empower older adults. The app asks a series of voiceover questions, prompting the
The Consumer Voice Releases New Report on Staffing in Nursing Homes During the Pandemic For years, understaffing had plagued nursing homes. Residents have suffered due to insufficient and sporadic care. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the country the result of years of not investing in resident care. For residents, families, and advocates the catastrophic
Forced arbitration is unfair to nursing home residents. Unfair arbitration is the norm for victims of abuse and neglect.
Arbitration should be fair and voluntary. Mandatory arbitration clauses in nursing home admission paperwork is neither.