A nursing home abuse bill, the Elder Justice Act, has been under consideration in Congress but has yet to be passed. Although nursing home and elder abuse are serious and growing problems, the nursing home abuse bill has never even been voted on. While no one in Congress opposes the nursing home abuse legislation, few are
Staffing became an issue in the recent Kentucky Governor’s race. Democrat Steve Beshear said that Kentucky needs to consider requiring minimum staffing levels at nursing homes, but Gov. Ernie Fletcher said the corporate owners should be allowed to determine how many nurses they hire. Last night, Beshear said Fletcher’s administration has failed to protect seniors, citing
A couple of weeks ago there was a nursing home trial over in Tallulah, Louisiana. Tallulah is a small town about 20 miles west of Vicksburg, MS. After a five-day trial, on Friday, November 2, 2007, a 12-person jury found that the nursing home committed medical malpractice and awarded the plaintiff $250,000 in survival damages
The indictment alleges that the men ran about 70 nursing homes in Texas and other states and were responsible for a $200 million operation but hid their control of the facilities. Payroll companies: More than 150 sham payroll companies were created to avoid paying taxes, according to the indictment. A former Hurst nursing home executive
Here is an interesting article about attorney Ken Connor’s appearance for an advocacy group for nursing home reform. The seminar was titled “Nursing Homes: A Failed Experiment,”. Connor’s appearance was sponsored by the advocacy group Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform. Connor said he classified nursing homes as “a failed experiment” because the current system puts
Violations of “accident hazards” were the most frequently cited survey flaw across the nation in September, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. These hazards typically cause falls and injuries to occur. The agency said 35.2% of the facilities cited were written up for F-tag 323. Next on the list was a frequent
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