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CMS Releases New Nursing Home Special Focus Facility List
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted the Special Focus Facility Program to identify nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues and to implement practices to help improve their quality of resident care. Facilities who perform poorly are subject to state surveys or inspections to determine…
Read MoreNursing Home Placed on Federal Watch List After Countless Violations
According to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, a central Iowa nursing home is now on a federal watch list for a long list of violations that resulted in residents being endangered or injured. Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry is being closely monitored by state investigators after records…
Read MoreNurse Assistant Arrested For Sexual Assault; Elder Abuse
A 38-year-old male nurse assistant was arrested this week after a co-worker turned him in for the alleged sexual assault of an elderly patient at the Cypress Ridge Care Center in Monterey, California. Co-worker Witnessed; Reported The Attack Detectives from the Monterey Police Department (PD) questioned both the co-worker who…
Read MoreResident Dies from Fall After Staff Ignored Her for Over Two Hours
The death of a 95-year-old resident at a Washington State nursing home is another reminder of the dangers of neglect. Last November, the resident fell out of bed and staff members ignored her requests for help for two and a half hours. They walked in and out of the room…
Read MoreNursing Home Aide Worker Caught Abusing 91-year-old Woman
The Sun News reported an incident involving a nursing home aide worker who was captured on camera grabbing an elderly woman by the neck, shoving her into a wheelchair and then further injuring her when he viciously pounded her head on a counter. The worker then attempted to cover up…
Read MoreLong-term Care Staffing Vacancies, An Increasing Crisis
Wisconsin is facing a staffing crisis in many of its long-term care facilities and nursing homes. While there are many open vacancies, providers state many positions are not being filled. Part of the problem is that as many of 70 percent of applicants who do respond are often not well-qualified,…
Read MoreNursing Home Management Company to Pay $740K to Vermont Over Neglect Allegations
Last week, Vermont’s attorney general announced a massive financial settlement with Genesis Healthcare over claims of neglect at three of the long-term care facilities Genesis manages. Under the terms of the settlement, the nursing home management company will pay $740,143 to settle allegations of neglect connected to severe injuries and…
Read MoreResident Dies After Senior Living Facility Sent Him Home in Uber
Residents may be discharged from an assisted living facility for several reasons. Sometimes the person chooses to leave the facility or in other situations, a resident may be discharged involuntarily. A Pennsylvania senior care facility is facing a federal lawsuit after discharging a resident without proper notice and sending him…
Read MoreResidents Must Relocate After Nursing Home Licensed Suspended
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have a legal obligation to ensure their residents are well cared for and safe from harm, such as an injury, abuse or neglect. Failure to do so could result in serious consequences for a facility and its residents. This has happened to a Colorado…
Read MoreNursing Home Residents At Risk Due To Lack of Oversight
Placing a loved one in a nursing home or other long-term care facility involves an act of trust. However, many facilities across the country may not deserve it. A recent investigation by Seven Days, an alternative weekly Vermont newspaper, uncovered reports of substandard care in many of Vermont’s long-term care…
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