California eases enforcement of nursing homes, report says
Sunday, July 31st, 2005.
State inspectors in recent years have eased enforcement of laws designed to protect residents of nursing homes, issuing significantly fewer citations even as complaints about the quality of care rose sharply, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Citations dipped about 35 percent from 2000 to 2004, from 709 to 464, according to the Los Angeles Times, which cited state records. During that period, complaints about elderly care rose about 60 percent, from 9,650 in 2000 to 15,512 last year, the newspaper said.
A state Department of Health Services official conceded that enforcement of tough state laws has been scaled back to focus on federal guidelines, which are more lenient on such issues as staff-to-patient ratios and the reporting of elder abuse but ensure funding.
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