Nursing home bill ignores quality of care
Friday, March 7th, 2008.
Murfreesboro, TN - Wake up Tennesseans, seniors and your families! At some point in our lifetime, the pending legislation before the House (House bill 4053) and the Senate (Senate bill 4075) can affect your very lives. Summaries of both these bills can be found at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills.
In essence the nursing home industry is putting itself in a position to avoid being sued for neglect and abuse of our loved ones. When the very emphasis should be on quality of care. Nowhere in either of these bills is quality of care even addressed. At a time when in 2007 the Department of Health reported 152 violations in nursing homes and even 22 nursing homes had suspended admissions. Don’t they know they can simply avoid litigation by providing increased nursing staff, improved training and meeting the federal standards that have resulted in shutdowns.
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