The Bush Administration has decided to change the Medicare rules to prevent payment of “preventable” injuries. Who decides what is preventable? How is that decided? Here is part of the article I read: In a significant policy change, Bush administration officials say that Medicare will no longer pay the costs of treating preventable errors, injuries
I saw an article about resident abuse that is common and difficult to prove without the testimony of an honest employee of the nursing home. The industry has labeled injuries caused by abuse to be “injuries of unknown origins”. Perhaps, they should polygrapg the employees who provided care and treatment to the resident to determine
USA Today has an interesting but sad article about how some families choose to move their loved ones into Mexican nursing homes because of the poor care from the for profit chains in America. For $1,300 a month — a quarter of what an average nursing home costs in Oregon — residents get a studio
Although there is a concern regarding privacy issues, many families use hidden video cameras to document neglect by nursing home employees. These cameras are useful especially when the nursing home denies neglect or fails to supervise employees apporpriately. I ran across an article that illustates my point perfectly. An ex-employee of a Rochester nursing home
Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is trying to prevent abuse by insituting a national system for criminal background checks on nursing home employees. Please contact your Senators and encourage them to support this legislation. Sen. Kohl says the best way to protect our elders from physical abuse is to institute a national system for background checks to determine
I was sent this great editorial regarding how much staff could be hired if CEOs were compensated reasonably instead of exorbitantly like Manor Care’s CEO Paul Ormond. SNF CEO’S WINDFALL COULD HAVE PROVIDED MORE STAFF AND SERVICES To the Editor: Reports that Manor Care’s CEO Paul Ormond would personally realize between $118 and $186 million
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