Here is an article about a nursing home in Arizona losing its Medicare and Medicaid funding because of patient neglect. This action is the only one the multi-chain corporation understand. Government oversight must be increased and serious consequences of neglect must be felt by the corporations. Some Evergreen Foothills Health and Rehabilitation Center residents would have to be
Clark Kauffman, staff writer for DesMoines Register wrote the following review of recent nursing home fines in Iowa. Clearview Home, Mount Ayr: A nurse aide was improperly transferring a resident who had a long-standing, serious head injury when the two lost their balance and the resident fell face-first to the floor. The resident was treated at a
There is a great article about dozens of deficient Tennessee nursing homes that have been closed or fined as a result of neglect including drug dealers visiting The Cornelia House nursing home to sell crack to employees and residents; at Mitchell Manor, patients went without necessary pain medication for a week because the facility was out;
Here is an article that discusses a hefty fine for a facility that neglected a resident. A Riverside County nursing home was fined $100,000 for the death of a 91-year-old woman who was dropped on her head. Citrus Nursing Center in Fontana was cited last month for failing to provide patient safety, according to the
Poor conditions at a Tn nursing home prompted the state to prohibit the facility from admitting new patients. The state suspended any new patients from being admitted to the Cornelia House. A State Health Department review paints a different picture, detailing a successful escape this past April, in which a patient with dementia walked out
An Orleans County nursing home has been fined $75,900 by the federal government for failing to comply with quality care requirements. Orchard Manor was cited for civil money penalties based on a survey in November. Civil money penalties are given out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. According to The Monitor, the amount of Orchard
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