Nursing home inspection reports not only hard to get, but data lacking
Monday, June 16th, 2008.
Salt Lake City, UT - State inspection reports describe Utah’s elderly languishing in nursing homes ignored by staff. Or senile people getting hit by cars. Or choking to death on a hot dog despite doctors’ orders they receive only soft foods.
These terrible tales are the exception rather than the rule, as most of Utah’s nursing homes receive few serious "deficiencies." Some receive no bad marks at all.
In a number of states like Arizona and Minnesota, people can review these inspections online, giving them an easy way to compare nursing homes as they decide where to bring their ailing mom or dad.
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