With all the news about fungal meningitis outbreak, a lot of us in Alabama have breathed a sigh of relief because none of the products were apparently shipped to or actually used in Alabama. However, the facilities in the neighboring states of Florida and Tennessee have been identified as receiving the contaminated compounds. Close to […]
Recently the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opened a new web site to help people evaluate nursing homes. The new web site is called “Nursing Homes Compared.” One of the most interesting features is one that allows consumers to view the nursing home deficiency report prepared by state health department inspectors. This is […]
For Profit Nursing Homes Care is Lower The nation’s largest for-profit nursing homes deliver significantly lower quality of care because they typically have fewer staff nurses than non-profit and government-owned nursing homes according to an article published online in advance of print publication in Health Services Research. The University of California- san Francisco analyzed the […]
Where money is taken away from resident care to increase profits, nursing home neglect or abuse occurs and injuries and deaths occur. In more and more, nursing home cases we are seeing related companies often owned by the same owners as of the nursing home, providing either pharmaceutical products, therapy services, management services, consulting services, […]
