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Medicare has recently begun using actual payroll data, rather than self-serving analyses by nursing homes, to address the issue of under-staffing. The result: 1 in 11 nursing homes in the country have seen their star ratings fall. Medicare uses a 5-Star rating system to assist the public in choosing nursing homes. Until recently, the important variable of staffing was left…
Article: On April 19, 2018, two group homes for the disabled in St. Petersburg, Florida were shut down by the government for “deplorable” living conditions. The two group homes, owned by Tampa Bay Behavioral Health, were supposed to provide care and treatment to developmentally disabled adults. Instead, neither home had running water or electricity. Trash was strewn all over the…
A quick tie of his black-and-white tennis shoe, a tug of his rein, and Hawk went to work. Hawk is one of several American Miniature horses that Carol and Gary Swinford bring to a Woodstock, Illinois nursing home to provide joy to the residents there. “It makes them forget for just a moment what they’re going through,” said Mrs. Swinford,…
Six weeks after losing her left leg, Deborah Zwaschka-Blansfield, a nursing home resident in California, was told by the nursing home that her insurance had run out. She was given a choice: Pay for a week in a motel, or move into a homeless shelter. Instead, she engaged the services of an ombudsman, who petitioned on Ms. Zwaschka-Blansfield’s behalf, and…
Nursing homes have been under fire for discharging residents for financial reasons, and without affording them at least 30 days notice, as is required by law. Check out this recent article from my original home town of San Jose, California: http://abc7news.com/exclusive-… To make matters worse, predators have seized on this reality, and have convinced elderly residents to live in “assisted living…
Douglas Timmons, an Air Force veteran, died on February 8, 2018. Mr. Timmons was a resident of a South Carolina nursing home when he passed away. To honor Mr. Timmons’ service to his country, the nursing home held a procession through its hallways, with Mr. Timmons’ casket draped with an American flag. The home played “Amazing Grace” and “Taps” out…
Human Rights Watch has recently released a paper entitled “’They Want Docile’: How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia.” This paper details an investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch across the United States pertaining to the overuse and abuse of anti-psychotic drugs on the elderly in nursing homes. Human Rights Watch spoke to staff, residents, and…
For far too long, nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Florida have been permitted to operate without adequate liability insurance. A new Bill was introduced in the Florida House of Representatives on January 8, 2018 which is designed to address this issue. House Bill 1369 would require nursing homes and A.L.F.’s to maintain professional liability coverage in the amount…
The Nursing Home Compare system, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is used by consumers over 1.4 million times per year. Consumers depend heavily on this website in choosing a nursing home for a loved one. However, a recent study demonstrates that nursing homes are guilty of inflating their ratings in order to obtain a higher…
A Livingston County, Illinois jury awarded $5.2 Million to a nurse who was fired from a nursing home for refusing to over-medicate residents and refusing to delete problematic resident records. Kartina Wesemann, a Licensed Practical Nurse, was told by her Director of...