Despite Law, State Agency Slow to Post Nursing Home Data on Internet; Officials cite a variety of reasons for the delay in making inspection reports accessible. They hope to have an online system by April 2007
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006.
Los Angeles, CA – Mary Jobe fell down the stairs of her San Francisco home a month ago, fracturing her pelvis. Only time and therapy would heal the bone, and social workers recommended a nursing home where the 84-year-old could recuperate.
With Jobe’s release from the hospital imminent, her relatives had little more than a day to check out the facility or come up with an alternative.
She found the website for the Department of Health Services, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for compliance with health and safety standards — but it offered no information on the recommended home or on any other.
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