The nursing home industry and insurance lobbyists have fought (and continue to fight) to limit the duties of nursing homes in conducting background checks on employees. It is ridiculous. Background checks are cheap and quick in the computer age even with the high turnover rate of employees. Look at this story where a nursing home
This is an incredible story. A nursing home employee was jailed for allegedly using a cigarette lighter to set fire to an elderly patient’s bed over the weekend. Tina Louise Spencer was booked into the county jail on charges of first-degree arson and attempted murder. Spencer is accused of setting fire to the bed of
Johns Hopkins has recently released a study that indicates that patients that resided in long term care facilities within the last six months are more likely to be infected with drug resistant superbugs. There was no definitive explanation for the increased risk, but researchers believe that underlying illnesses and weakened immune systems in nursing home
In past years, the bill came close to passing but failed because of lack of support in the House of Representatives. Therefore, it is extremely important to get members of the House to co-sponsor and support the bill this year. Please contact your U.S. Representative’s office and ask for him or her to co-sponsor the
Woman fell nine times in 7 months, and didn’t get 22 doses of necessary medications but the State only fined the home $1500. A resident fell nine times in seven months before anyone at her nursing home acted to prevent further falls. Her chart also describes six weeks last fall when she was behaving wildly — yelling,
The cost of nursing home care in N.C. is less than the national average. The average cost of a private room in a nursing home now tops $61,217 per year in North Carolina, according to Genworth Financial’s annual Cost of Care Survey; the Genworth survey polls more than 10,000 nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home