Today, Wednesday, September 21st at 2:00pm ET, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis will hold a hearing, “Examining Long-Term Care In America: The Impact Of The Coronavirus In Nursing Homes.” Watch the livestream of the hearing on YouTube or on the Subcommittee’s website. Witnesses will include nursing home experts, an advocate, and a frontline worker who
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The obvious benefits of safe and sufficient staffing in number and competency is key to quality care. Safe staffing means better quality and better resident outcomes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hired Abt Associates to research safe staffing. CMS will mandate staffing next year. Alan White, PhD is the principal at Abt Associates.
Law-abiding nursing home operators have a new complaint. They compete with chains who “engage in exploitative tactics or otherwise break the law.” The disadvantaged facilities blames illegal use of financial guarantees at admission. Media reports indicate the practice is widespread and growing. The nursing home industry’s predatory practices include arbitration and attempting to collect from
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published a report showing the poor get less care than wealthy residents. Nursing homes in “disadvantaged” neighborhoods provide less clinical workers compared with nursing homes in rich areas. This disparity compromises the safety of residents. Residents in nursing homes have complex medical needs. Research proves that nursing homes with
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