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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse Laws & LegislationU.S. nursing homes fight effort to help patients sueWednesday, June 18th, 2008. that would make it easier for residents to sue for shoddy care or wrongdoing.... Advocates say families and patients often do not notice fine print in standard contracts, which compels them to engage in binding arbitration instead of going to court to address claims of abuse or negligence. "Most are unaware they ... [More >>] California budget cuts could delay conservator reforms; Facing a $15.2-billion budget gap, the Legislature may postpone funding for the program it approved two years agoTuesday, June 17th, 2008. Los Angeles, CA - Laws to protect seniors and dependent adults from abuse by court-appointed conservators are under threat as California lawmakers seek painful cuts to close the state's $15.2-billion budget deficit. The laws were part of a sweeping reform package signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger two years ago after a ... [More >>] More Nursing Home Inspectors Sought For CincinnatiTuesday, June 17th, 2008. Cincinnati, OH - When Cora McGuire sat down before a Cincinnati city council committee Tuesday, her message was simple and blunt. "We need three more nursing home inspectors or we might as well turn the inspections over to the State of Ohio," she told members of the Health, Environment and Education ... [More >>] A Right-to-Lifer and the GOP’s Nursing Home DilemmaFriday, June 13th, 2008. San Francisco, CA - When Ken Connor was on Capitol Hill earlier this week, it was clear that people in his party deeply wish that he would go back to worrying about the unborn. The conservative Christian Republican trial lawyer had come to Washington to testify in support of a ... [More >>] Cracking down on home health care fraudTuesday, June 10th, 2008. Syracuse, NY - Dr. Hedy Migden thought she had done everything right when trying to find a Certified Nursing Assistant to take care of her then 84-year-old Parkinson's inflicted mother. She used a reputable agency, listed specific needs and was assured that the aide's background checked out. But even ... [More >>] Critical report finds surveys are too softTuesday, June 10th, 2008. New York, NY - Nursing homes received another quality drubbing last month after the Government Accountability Office revealed that state inspectors often understate deficiencies, including those about malnutrition, bedsores and abuse, in their annual facility inspection reports. State surveyors missed at least one serious deficiency in 15% of the inspections ... [More >>] Michigan nursing homes face an uncertain financial yearMonday, June 9th, 2008. Detroit, MI - If the state Legislature approves Gov. Jennifer Granholm's fiscal 2009 budget, the state's 400 nursing homes will have Medicaid reimbursements shaved by $31 million, or an average of 2.3 percent per facility. Nursing homes already are paid well below their actual costs for Medicaid patients, who make up ... [More >>] Forum: Protecting seniors from scamsSaturday, June 7th, 2008. Traverse City, MI - Did you know that as many as 5 million seniors fall victim to financial abuse each year? And did you also know that 60 percent to 90 percent of perpetrators of financial abuse of seniors are family members or caregivers? These are the reasons I have initiated ... [More >>] Alabama makes progress in nursing home inspection backlogFriday, June 6th, 2008. Birmingham, AL - The Alabama Department of Public Health expects to eliminate by the end of September a backlog of nursing home inspections that has plagued the state for years, officials said. The progress comes after criticism from the federal government, and is the result of hiring more inspectors and opening ... [More >>] Iowa AG allows some access to abuse recordsMonday, June 2nd, 2008. Des Moines, IA - The Iowa Attorney General’s Office asked the Iowa Workforce Department (IWD) last week to release the names of caregivers fired for abuse in nursing homes throughout the state. Last August, some of the judges who preside over public hearings on unemployment benefit issues relied on a controversial ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 595 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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