Kenny Malone at NPR had a great article on the suspicious deaths at care homes in Florida. “In Florida, state regulators are failing to protect residents of assisted living facilities, according to an investigation by The Miami Herald and NPR member station WLRN.” Their analysis of records discovered dozens of questionable deaths in assisted living facilities.
The Des Moines Register had a great article on the new GAO Report mentioned in my earlier post. Private investment firms have been buying up nursing homes in recent years, creating a complicated trail that makes ownership difficult to pinpoint. This lack of transparency makes it difficult to know who is ultimately responsible for care
Arizona Daily Star reported an investigation into the lack of investigation of neglect and abuse in Arizona nursing homes. The investigation was bold and tragic and led to the reopeing of several complaints, and the conclusion that Arizona fails to protect elderly and vulnerable nursing home residents. Below are excerpts from the story and investigation.
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
I ran across a sad but interesting article discussing the difficulties in choosing the right nursing home for a loved one. The author was looking for the right place for his wife who suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease. He used the federal database (the Nursing Home Compare Database) that is supposed to help in choosing a nursing home