Many residents are totally reliant on staff for care, and rely on the federal Medicare program to pay the bills. The problem at nursing homes is poor staffing. I just read an article that discusses the issue and explains how and why it is a system wide problem. The article talks about an investigation that found
A new report shows that Medicaid programs are failing to deliver adequate medical services to the low-income populations they were designed to serve including nursing home residents. The non-profit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen issued a report ranking Medicaid programs by how they met and surpassed federal mandates in four categories: eligibility, scope of services,
Georgetown police could not find any physical evidence to corroborate one of the recent complaints filed against Georgetown Healthcare and Rehab in Maryville. In March, police were called to the facility after a resident said he was choked by a nurse. The incident happened in December but he waited to report it because he was “in
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