McKnight’s reported that alternative medications replaced dangerous antipsychotic medications among Veterans Health Administration patients. A new analysis shows Veterans nursing homes significantly reduced antipsychotic medication use. A University of Michigan research team published findings in the American Journal of Psychiatry about antipsychotic use among Veterans Health Administration patients. Antipsychotic prescribing dropped from 33.7% to 27.5% from fiscal
Medicare Advantage Organizations Some long-term care providers are refusing to accept residents based on payor source. This type of discriminations is illegal. Research has already found that admissions discrimination among less profitable residents is “widespread” in nursing homes. The industry claims admitting residents covered by managed care plans is not worth it because they doubt they’ll be
The KSHB 41 I-Team learned about the Special Focus Facility (SFF) program that flags nursing homes with a long history of abuse and neglect putting vulnerable adults in danger. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, created the program in 1998. The purpose was to monitor nursing homes that continuously fail to meet
10WBNS reported another tragic and preventable death at a nursing home. Luana Mowery’s husband, Paul, was living at the Capri Gardens in Lewis Center – a rehab and nursing center. Mowery was a long-term care patient at the facility who depended on oxygen therapy. On the morning of May 20, 2021, Mowery was found blue
NBC24 reported the horrific treatment of Kathy Hinkle at Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center nursing home. The Florida Agency of Health Care Administration (AHCA) filed an emergency order of suspension against the facility. WEAR obtained a copy of the 17-page document, highlighting similar allegations about the lack of care for residents at the home. The residents were
The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported on another tragic and preventable death of a nursing home resident. The wife and children of Michael Jensen is suing Ravenwood Specialty Care and the home’s owners, Care Initiatives of West Des Moines. The facility allowed Jensen to wander away without supervision. At the time, the facility had documented numerous
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